21 occurrences in 12 translations

'Scattered' in the Bible

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSin, Nature OfAcknowledge, SinSin ConfessedWorship At TreesRebellion against GodGuilt

And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them.

Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelNot Knowing PeopleGod Will Kill His People

Tell your daughters and neighbors, 'The Lord says, "The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered."'"

Verse ConceptsCornBinding corndirtUnburied BodiesDefecationNo BurialsNot Reaping What You Sow

And I will scatter them like stubble scattered by [the] wind of [the] desert.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theChaffGod Scattering Israel

I scattered them with a winnowing forkat the gates of the land.I made them childless; I destroyed My people.They would not turn from their ways.

Verse ConceptsToolsWinnowingBereavementGod Will Kill His People

The Lord says, "The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdPeople Of God, In OtSheepInadequate ShepherdingScattered Like SheepWoe To Israel And JerusalemLeaders

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRetributionScattered Like Sheep

Those who have been killed by the Lord at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure.

Verse ConceptsdirtUnburied BodiesDefecationGod KillingNo BurialsGod KillsNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery.

Verse ConceptsWeeping

For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelGod With Specific PeopleReproving PeopleAmerica

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Verse ConceptsGod, As Shepherddispersion, theIslandsPeople Of God, In OtShepherds, As Kings And LeadersShepherds, As OccupationsChrist And His SheepGathering Israel

So all the Judeans returned from all the countries where they had been scattered. They came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and they gathered wine and summer fruit in great abundance.

Verse ConceptsReturning to their landSummer Fruit

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

Verse ConceptsJews, ThePrivacySurvivors DestroyedInformation In Secret

Kareah's son Johanan and all the military leaders took the entire remnant of Judah that had returned from all the nations where they had been scattered to settle in the land of Judah

Verse ConceptsRemnantThose who returned from exile

"As for you, my servant Jacob, don't be afraid, and Israel, don't be dismayed," declares the LORD, "for I am with you. Indeed, I'll make an end of all the nations where I scattered you; but I won't make an end of you! I'll discipline you justly, but I'll certainly not leave you unpunished."

Verse ConceptsChastisementGod With YouAmericaDo Not Fear For God Will Help

I will bring terror on you from every side," says the Lord God who rules over all. "You will be scattered in every direction. No one will gather the fugitives back together.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner of the beard, And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsLargenessScattering The PeoplesCutting Hair

And I have brought in to Elam four winds, From the four ends of the heavens, And have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation whither outcasts of Elam come not in.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesFour WindsExiled Foreigners

Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theIn Danger From Lions

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

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Confused (28 instances)
Disjointed (2 instances)
Disordered (4 instances)
Dispel (1 instance)
Disperse (14 instances)
Dissipate (1 instance)
Scatter (87 instances)
Scattered (153 instances)
Spread (323 instances)
Sprinkle (39 instances)

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