4 occurrences

'Consume' in the Bible

“They will consume your harvest and [eat up] your bread;They will consume your sons and your daughters;They will consume your flocks and your herds;They will consume your vines and your fig trees.With the sword they will break down and demolish your fortified cities in which you trust.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFig treeFalse ConfidenceHarvestSowing And ReapingDestroying VineyardsWar As God's JudgmentDestruction Of CitiesNo FoodChildren SufferingNo More Tending The Flock

Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them [because they are done as obligations, and not as acts of loving obedience]. Instead I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesdiseasesPlaguesPestilencePointless Fasting

“The wind [of adversity] will carry away all your shepherds (rulers, statesmen),And your lovers (allies) will go into exile.Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated and disgracedBecause of all your wickedness.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceWindShame Of Bad Conduct

“I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,And it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.”

Verse ConceptsFortificationsBurning Citiessyriadamascus

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Consume (170 instances)
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