17 occurrences

'Land' in the Bible

“It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,And I led you in the wilderness forty yearsThat you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsGod Led Them Through The WildernessPeople Possessing Other ThingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Hear this word which the Lord has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt:

Verse ConceptsFamily, Showing God's RelationshipWord Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the oppressions in her midst.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, HardshipGathering Other NationsOppressorsDisorder Among The NationsThe Mountains Of Israel

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,“An enemy, even one surrounding the land,Will pull down your strength from youAnd your citadels will be looted.”

She has fallen, she will not rise again—The virgin Israel.She lies neglected on her land;There is none to raise her up.

Verse ConceptsVirginDownfall Of IsraelPeople Abandoning PeopleNot Able To Get Upvirginity

And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,“Lord God, please pardon!How can Jacob stand,For he is small?”

Verse ConceptsSmall CreaturesAnimals EatingGod Forgive!

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.

Verse ConceptsIvoryFire Of Judgement

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfConspiraciesPersecution, Forms OfAccusations, False ExamplesUnbearable ThingsConspiracy

For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

Verse ConceptsKilling KingsExile In Prospect

Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!

Verse ConceptsSeersProphecy Muzzled

Therefore, thus says the Lord, ‘Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

Verse ConceptsPagansKilled With The SwordDeath Of Office HoldersExile In ProspectUnclean Things

“Because of this will not the land quakeAnd everyone who dwells in it mourn?Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile,And it will be tossed aboutAnd subside like the Nile of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillSwellingMourning In RegretNot Still

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,“When I will send a famine on the land,Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Kinds Ofdrought, spiritualLonging For GodPoverty, SpiritualSpiritual DestitutionHearing God's WordReceiving God's WordShortage Other Than FoodFamineBreadDaysEnd Of Dayshungerrumors

The Lord God of hosts,The One who touches the land so that it melts,And all those who dwell in it mourn,And all of it rises up like the NileAnd subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

Verse ConceptsEarth On FireTouchTouching To HarmGod As A WarriorPeople Mourning CatastropheThings FallingThings Going Up

“Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me,O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Verse ConceptsHistoryBringing People Out Of Other PlacesEquivalent PeopleGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

“I will also plant them on their land,And they will not again be rooted out from their landWhich I have given them,”Says the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsNeverPlucking OutGod Gave The LandGod's People Plantedisraelland

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