6 occurrences

'Lovers' in the Bible

Indeed, their mother has committed prostitution the one who has been conceiving them has acted disgracefully when she said, "I'm going after my lovers, who provide me food and water, as well as my wool, my flax, my oil, and my wine.'

Verse ConceptsBad Decision Making ExamplesWaterWoolBarteringHarlotsConceptionMan Providing WaterProvision Of OilPeople Providing FoodShame Of Bad Conduct

She will pursue her lovers, but she won't catch up with them. She will seek them, but she won't find them. Then she will say, "I'll go back and return to my first husband, because it was better for me then than now.'

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Between God And His PeopleUnion With Christ, Nature OfOvertakingNot FindingPersonal GoodSeeking But Not Finding PeopleFinding Lovelovers

So now I'll reveal her lewdness to the eyes of her lovers, and no man will rescue her from my control.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessGod Stripping PeopleNo One Can SaveThey Committed Immorality

I'll destroy her vines and her fig trees, about which she said, "These are the earnings that my lovers paid me. I'll make them grow into a forest, and the wild animals will eat from them.'

Verse ConceptsForestsFig treeAnimals, religious role ofVinesDestruction Of PlantsWild Animals DevouringWages Of A Prostitute

I'll punish her for the time she has devoted to the Baals, to whom she burned incense, and for whom she put on her earrings and jewels so she could go after her lovers and forget me," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsForgettingOrnamentsPast, TheRingsWearing Jewellery

"Because they went over to Assyria, they are like a wild donkey alone by itself. Ephraim has hired some lovers.

Verse ConceptsActing AloneWild DonkeysNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

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