27 occurrences

'Cry' in the Bible

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalGod, Will OfHorticultureNeglectOppression, Examples OfMetaphorical VineyardsKilling The InnocentOutcryGardens

The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

Verse ConceptsHunting

And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke.

Verse ConceptsSmokeTheophanyTremblingMoving To A New Place

Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.

Verse Conceptsdaughters

Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, Titles And Names OfShouting For Joy

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That Day

Send out a cry, O door! Make sounds of sorrow, O town! All your land has come to nothing, O Philistia; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and everyone keeps his place in the line.

Verse ConceptsNorthSmokeOut Of The NorthOrderly ArmysmokingSmoke Used Poetically

The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessBeardsHeadsHigh PlacesKnives

My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesLamentingRoadsPeoples Who Fled

For the cry has gone round the limits of Moab; as far as to Eglaim and Beer-elim.

For this cause my sorrow for the vine of Sibmah will be like the weeping for Jazer: my eyes are dropping water on you, O Heshbon and Elealeh! For they are sounding the war-cry over your summer fruits and the getting in of your grain;

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarvestDestroying VineyardsI Mourn CatastropheSummer Fruit

And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there are no songs or sounds of joy: the crushing of grapes has come to an end, and its glad cry has been stopped.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholWinepressDestroying VineyardsVintageCessationTreading GrapesLack Of Rejoicing

And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And Night

The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShips

Send out a cry of grief, you men of the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose representatives are on great waters;

Verse ConceptsStillnessCommerceSea TravelCurbing SpeechCrossing To The Other Side

Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsDestruction Of Strongholds

O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesGod Will AnswerNot Mourning

A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.

Verse ConceptsLife, Brevity OfThe Frailty Of ManMere Men

He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

Verse ConceptsVoicesJesus Christ, Meekness OfProphecies Concerning ChristSpirit Of ChristChrist Being SilentMessianic Prophecies

Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy.

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The Wilderness

The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.

Verse ConceptsBattlesMessianic AgeVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesZealWarriorsShout Of GodGod As A WarriorGod OvercomingWarBattleheroes

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonRedemption, In OtSeafaringShipsFor The Sake Of God's People

Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfForestsEarth, God's GloryGod's Glory In IsraelShoutingSingingSongs

They put him on their backs, and take him up, and put him in his fixed place, from which he may not be moved; if a man gives a cry for help to him, he is unable to give an answer, or get him out of his trouble.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionFalse ConfidenceemptinessTrust, Importance OfLight As ChaffSalvation By Other Things

Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.

Verse ConceptsHesitationShoutingMinisters, Way They Should TeachTrumpets For SignallingWhat Sin?EmotionsrebellionDishonoring God

Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

Verse ConceptsFingersCalling upon GodAnswered PromisesGod Will AnswerBehold Me!rumors

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