6 occurrences

'City' in the Bible

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't done it?

Verse ConceptsTrumpetCalamityGod Appointed AfflictionsTremblingTrumpets For SignallingGod Can Harm PeopleWisdomNatural Disasters

"I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsNot Returning To GodCities Under AttackDrinking WaterTwo Or Three

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."

Verse ConceptsRemnantSmall RemnantsTen PeopleOne HundredA Thousand PeopleNumbers Reducing

"The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of Armies: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorGod Hating ThingsGod Opposes The Proud

Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"

Verse ConceptsPagansKilled With The SwordDeath Of Office HoldersExile In ProspectUnclean Things

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