22 occurrences

'Midst' in the Bible

The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is left like a [deserted] shelter in a vineyard,Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city [isolated, surrounded by devastation].

Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitBoothsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

When the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion and has cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,

Verse ConceptsdirtCleanliness, Metaphorical UseWashingHoly Spirit, Types OfNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritPurgingThe Holy Spirit Described As FireFire Of JudgementBeing Cleansed From SinKilling Many People

He dug it all around and cleared away its stones,And planted it with the choicest vine (the people of Judah).And He built a tower in the center of it;And also hewed out a wine vat in it.Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes,But it produced only worthless ones.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who join house to house and join field to field [to increase their holdings by depriving others],Until there is no more room [for others],So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofExploitationsInjustice, Nature And Source OfLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityLove, Abuse OfStrength, HumanWorldly AmbitionSocial SelfishnessIsolated PersonsNo RoomTaking PossessionWoe To The Wickedspace

Therefore the anger of the Lord has burned against His people,And He has stretched out His hand against them and has struck them down.And the mountains trembled, and their dead bodies lay like rubbish in the middle of the streets.In spite of all this God’s anger is not turned away,But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

Verse ConceptsdirtRoadsGod's HandMountains QuakingNo BurialsGod's Hands Stretched Out

The Lord has removed [His] people far away,And there are many deserted places in the midst of the land.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesExile In Prospect

“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it; and let us breach its wall and tear it apart [each of us taking a portion] and set up the son of Tabeel over it as its [puppet] king,”

Verse ConceptsSchismsMaking Kingsharassment

But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish [for with judgment comes the promise of salvation]. In earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He will make them honored [by the presence of the Messiah], by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

Verse ConceptsHumilityComing Out Of DarknessDespair

For the Lord, the God of hosts, will execute a complete destruction, one that is decreed, in the midst of all the land.

Verse ConceptsEnd Of Actions

Rejoice and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

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

[Say to the ruler] “Give us advice, make a decision [for Moab, king of Judah];Cast your shadow [over us] like night in the midst of noon;Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive [to his pursuer].

Verse ConceptsNoonOutcastsrelentless

In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a memorial stone to the Lord near its border.

Verse ConceptsAltars To The LordObelisksborders

In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and with Assyria [in a Messianic league], a blessing in the midst of the earth,

Verse ConceptsMillennial KingdomThree GroupsBlessing Through God's PeopleBlessings For Jew And Gentile

For so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,As the shaking of an olive tree,As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over [and only a little of the fruit remains].

Verse ConceptsGleaningHarvestOrchardsVintagePotential Of FruitOlive Trees

And Moab will spread out his hands in the middle of the filthAs a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,But the Lord will humiliate his pride in spite of the [skillful] movements of his hands.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationHumilitySkillConquestSwimming

For when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst,They will sanctify My Name;They will sanctify the Holy One of JacobAnd will stand in awe and reverent fear of the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipReverence, And God's NatureTerror Of GodSanctification

“I will open rivers on the barren heightsAnd springs in the midst of the valleys;I will make the wilderness a reed-pool of waterAnd the dry land springs of water.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes

“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’If you take away from your midst the yoke [of oppression],The finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and [every form of] wicked (sinful, unjust) speech,

Verse ConceptsFingersCalling upon GodAnswered PromisesGod Will AnswerBehold Me!rumors

Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses [and they said],Where is He who brought our fathers up out of the [Red] Sea, with the shepherds of His flock [Moses and Aaron]?Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in their midst,

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritGod Remembering His CovenantA Way Through The Red Sea

“Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols],Following after one in the center,Who eat swine’s flesh, detestable things and mice,Will come to an end together,” says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsGarden, NaturalAbominations, Ceremonial MattersMiceSwineAbstaining From MeatsDesecrationPeople EndedForbidden FoodEating Meatpork

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