12 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,And it prevailed over them.He has spread a net for my feet;He has turned me back.He has made me desolate and hopelessly miserable,Faint all the day long.

Verse ConceptsNetsUnceasingContinual HardshipCausing People To TurnDamage To The BodyFire From HeavenGod Trapping

“The Lord has rejected all the strong menIn my midst;He has proclaimed an established time against meTo crush my young men.The Lord has trampled down as in a wine pressThe Virgin Daughter of Judah.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersWinepressConvocationsTrampling PeopleTreading GrapesYoung People Suffering

Zion stretches out her hands,But there is no comforter for her.The Lord has commanded concerning JacobThat his neighbors should be his enemies;Jerusalem has become a filthy thing [an object of contempt] among them.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSitting In DejectionNo Comfort

“The Lord is righteous and just;For I have rebelled against His commandment (His word).Hear now, all you peoples,And look at my pain;My virgins and my young menHave gone into captivity.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTGod, Righteousness OfRebellion, Against GodYoung People SufferingI Am Suffering

All your enemiesHave opened their mouths wide against you;They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.They say, “We have swallowed her up!Certainly this is the day for which we waited;We have reached it, we have seen it!”

Verse ConceptsBitingTeethGnashing Of TeethHissingPeople WaitingSpeaking With The Mouth

Surely He has turned His hand against meRepeatedly all the day.

Verse ConceptsUnceasingContinual HardshipGod Opposing

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Verse ConceptsHard TasksNations Attacking Israel

You have seen all their vengeance,All their schemes against me.

Verse ConceptsdepthEvil PlansMan AvengingRevengeimagination

You have heard their reproach, O Lord,And all their schemes against me.

Verse ConceptsEvil Plans

The lips and whispering of my assailantsAre against me all day long.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansUnceasingContinual Hardship

For the [punishment of the] wickedness of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem]Is greater than the [punishment for the] sin of Sodom,Which was overthrown in a moment,And no hands were turned toward her [to offer help].

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahSudden DestructionGod's People SinningPunishments

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