29 occurrences in 13 translations

'Upon' in the Bible

And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Naming PeoplePeople EndedDeposingKilling Many People

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessGod Naming PeopleGod Not ForgivingGod Without Mercy

But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfUnreliabilityGod Saves The NeedyGod Will Show MercySalvation By Other ThingsTrust In RelationshipsPatience In Relationshipspity

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

Verse ConceptsGod Without MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenKidsInfidelityLoving Childrenpity

“For she (Israel) has not noticed nor understood nor realized that it was I [the Lord God] who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil,And lavished on her silver and gold,Which they used for Baal and made into his image.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholBaal Worship, HistoryIngratitudeMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinOilRich, TheSilverPlenty Of WineProvision Of OilAmassing SilverGifts Of GodGod Feeds All The EarthGold TransferredOther Gifts Of God

And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsForgettingOrnamentsPast, TheRingsWearing Jewellery

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtOutsidersReinstatementThe Gentiles ConversionGod Will Show MercyYou Are Our God

And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesLike People In CharacterGod Will RequitePunishment of the The WickedRewards Of Ritual

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

Verse ConceptsHillsTreesOaksThose Who Committed AdulterySacrificing On The High Places

Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Verse ConceptsNetsTrapCorrupt PriestsSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityProperty, LandResistanceStonesLandmarksGod Will Be Angrywaterfalls

Therefore, I have hewn them in pieces by [the words of] the prophets;I have slain them by the words of My mouth;My judgments [pronounced upon them by the prophets] are like the light that shines forth [obvious to all].

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningMouthsPeople Cut In PiecesGod KillingGod Is LightGod Killed His PeopleGod Spoke By The ProphetsThe Effect Of The Word Of GodRevelation Through ProphetsLightning Used Metaphorically

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFalse ConfidenceHairsGreyIgnorance Of EvilIgnorant Of FactsAliensHair

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

Verse ConceptsChastisementNetsBirds, Figurative UseAbasing PeopleGod Trapping

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

Verse ConceptsBedsShortage Of WineLack Of MeaningGashing BodiesNot PrayingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsForgettingFortified CitiesBuildingGrowth Of EvilDestruction Of HousesBurning CitiesCreation Of All Mankind

As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

Verse ConceptsA Little Bit

And destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSuicideThornsBarren, LandThistlesDestruction Of Satan's WorksEscaping To MountainsDesire For Death

And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofFortificationsPeople Torn To PiecesDestruction Of Strongholds

And I it was that taught Ephraim to walk, He took them upon his arms, but they knew not that I healed them.

Verse ConceptsArmsEmbracingGod TeachingGod HealsGod's Healing Love

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them , because of their own counsels.

Verse ConceptsGatesLocks And Bars

Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth him.

The Lord also has a dispute [a legal complaint and an indictment] with Judah,And He will punish Jacob in accordance with his ways;He will repay him in accordance with his deeds.

Verse ConceptsGod Will RequiteRepaid For Deeds

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfIrreverenceProvoking GodFruits Of SinGrieving GodGod Requite Them!

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

Verse ConceptsWombLabour PainsBirth Not Being Possible

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Verse ConceptsFalse Confidenceempiresdefence, divineOrphansGod's MercyThings Which Cannot SaveGod Caring For Orphans

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