31 occurrences

'Captivity' in the Bible

It shall happen, when they tell you, Where shall we go forth? Then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathFamine ComingDeath Looms NearWhere To?Famine Will Come

You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersFamily And Friends

The wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceWindShame Of Bad Conduct

even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Yahweh do so; Yahweh perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Yahweh's house, and all them of the captivity, from Babylon to this place.

Verse ConceptsAmen

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToLettersProphecy, Methods Of Ot

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled To

I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRestoring NationsGathering IsraelFinding GodPromise of return

thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;

Verse ConceptsThroneThe Dynasty Of David

Hear therefore the word of Yahweh, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?

Verse ConceptsHorticultureAfter A Long TimeGardens

Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn't send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;

Verse ConceptsTrusting Deceptive ThingsGod Not SendingProphets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtRestoring NationsGod Gave The Land

Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementPeace, Human Destruction OfServants Of The LordGod's Help In DiscouragementPromise of returnGood Things From Far Away

Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.

Verse ConceptsPlundering

Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own way.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJacob, The PatriarchArchaeologyRebuilding JerusalemEzekiel InvasionRebirth Of IsraelLand Permanently Restored To Israelrebuilding

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To IsraelA Righteous PeopleMay God Bless!

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsSignaturesThe Shephelah

I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

Verse ConceptsRestoring Nationsisraelrebuilding

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsBridegroomMarriage, Customs ConcerningRestoring NationsThank OfferingVoicesPraise, Should Be Offered ByGladnessThank God!joyfulnessThanksgiving Offered To God

then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfServants Of The Lord

He shall come, and shall strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death [shall be given] to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near

You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyMemphisExiled ForeignersBurning CitiesBaggagePreparing To Travel

But don't you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfPromise of returnGod Saves The NeedyDo Not Fear For God Will Help

For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfTrust, Lack OfFalse ConfidenceExiled ForeignersTrusting Riches

Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.

Verse ConceptsWoe To The Wicked

Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, clothe yourself in sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says Yahweh.

But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.

It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Lifting HeadsPeople Set Free By People

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Captivity (174 instances)
Confinement (8 instances)
Enslavement (2 instances)
Imprisonment (30 instances)