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'Off' in the Bible

With a roar like a lion, they snarl, and like young lions, they growl; they seize their prey and then carry it off, with no one to rescue.

Verse ConceptsHunting

for before the young lad knows how to call out to his father or mother, the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria."

Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaThe Prophecy Towards DamascusLimitations Of Youthdamascus

Behold, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will lop off its boughs with terrifying power; the tallest in height will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.

Verse ConceptsCutting Off BranchesPutting Things Down

He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. His head is completely bald, and every beard is shaved off.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessBeardsHeadsHigh PlacesKnives

For before the harvest, when the season of budding is over, and sour grapes ripen into mature grapes, he cuts off the shoots with pruning knives, clearing away the spreading branches as he lops them off.

Verse ConceptsPruningKnivesToolsCutting Off Branches

at that time the LORD spoke through Amoz's son Isaiah: "Go loosen the sackcloth that's around your waist, and take your sandals off your feet." So that's what he did: he went around naked and barefoot.

Verse ConceptsBodyBarefeet

When its branches are dry, they are broken off, and women come and kindle fires with them, since this is a people who show no consideration. That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion; the One who created them shows them no mercy.

Verse ConceptsSympathyDullnessFirewoodGod Without Mercy

Instead, you said, "No! We'll escape on horses!' Therefore, you'll flee away. And you said, "We'll ride off on swift steeds!' Therefore your pursuers will be swift.

Verse ConceptsBackPursuing PeopleCavalryRiding HorsesSpeed

The land mourns and wastes away; Lebanon feels ashamed and withers. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves."

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

"Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot reliably hold the mast in its place, and the sail cannot spread out. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided even the lame will carry off plunder.

Verse ConceptsShipsDividing The Spoil

My house has been plucked up and vanishes from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver, I've taken account of my life, and he cuts me off from the loom day and night you make an end of me.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenLife, HumanPhysical LifeSpinning And WeavingPeople EndedLife Cut ShortLife Being Temporary

"The days are surely coming when everything in your palace and all that your ancestors have stored up to this day will be carried off to Babylon. They will come in, and nothing will be left,' says the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To Babylon

"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

All of them will be put to shame indeed, disgraced! The makers of idols will go off in disgrace together.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceBeing AshamedShameFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryDisappointmentSolar Eclipse

They stoop, they bow down together, and they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go off into captivity.

Verse ConceptsSalvation By Other Things

Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your robes, bare your legs, and wade through the rivers.

Verse ConceptsGrindingLegsPassing ThroughVeilsPeople Stripping OffGrinding Food

"But disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will not be able to ward off; and devastation will come upon you suddenly, and you won't anticipate it.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyNot Knowing The Future

I defer my anger for my name's sake, and as my first act I'm restraining it for you, so as not to cut you off.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfRestraintPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysRestraints From Killing

For the LORD has called you back like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like the wife of a man's youth when she is cast off," says the LORD your God.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessSpirit, Nature OfPeople Abandoning PeopleDivorceDepressionRejectionBeing A Woman Of Godspousecredibility

When you cry out, let your collection deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, and a mere breath will sweep them all away." "But whoever takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.

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

"I will put up signs among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations to Tarshish, Libya, and Lydia, (who draw the bow), to Tubal and Greece, to the far off coastlands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. Then they will proclaim my glory among the nations.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFameIslandsMission, Of IsraelSigns From GodMissionary WorkArchers, In ArmiesAfricaSurvivors Of The Nations

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