14 occurrences

'Possession' in the Bible

And I will bring [the] worst of [the] nations, and they will take possession of their houses, and I will put to an end [the] pride of [the] mighty ones, and their sanctuaries will be defiled.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfSanctuaryCessationLimitations Of StrengthGod Opposes The ProudHouses Under AttackPeople Possessing Other ThingsPolluting Holy PlacesThings Stopping

"Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, the men of your redemption, and all of the house of Israel, all of it, {who said concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem}, 'They are far from Yahweh, [therefore] to us this land was given as a possession.'

therefore look! I [am] giving you to the people of the East as a possession, and they will set up their encampments in you, and they will make in you their dwelling places; {they themselves} will eat your fruit and {they themselves} will drink your milk.

Verse ConceptsMilkNomadsSeeking Food

I will give it to the people of the East in addition to the {Ammonites} as a possession, so that the {Ammonites} will not be remembered among the nations.

Verse ConceptsForgetting People

"Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins on the soil of Israel [are] saying, 'Abraham was one [man], and he took possession of the land, and we [are] many; the land has been given for us as possession.'

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyOnly One PersonMany In Israel

Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You eat blood [in your meat], and you raise your eyes to your idols and you pour out blood, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?

Verse ConceptsSheddingPeople Consuming BloodIdol WorshipJudged As MurderersEating Meat

You rely on your sword, you do a detestable thing, and {each man defiles} the wife of his neighbor, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?" '

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityThose Who Committed Adultery

[I do this] because of your saying, 'The two nations and the two lands, they will be {mine}, and we will take possession of it,' and [yet] Yahweh was there.

Verse ConceptsTwo GroupsPeople Possessing Other Things

thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because the enemy said concerning you, 'Ah, and [the] ancient high places will be to us as a possession!'" '

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodEternal WorldTaking Possession

Therefore prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Because indeed} {when you were desolate}, then they crushed you from all around, so that you became a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became {a byword and object of slander for the people}."

Verse ConceptsVain TalkPressingFaintnessTaking PossessionUnder One's BreathFungossiping

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Certainly} in the fire of my passion I spoke against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who made my land as possession, because of its pastureland for plunder, for themselves in all of [the] joy of their whole heart [and] in [their] inner disdain."

Verse ConceptsMotives, Examples OfNationalismConquestFire Of God's AngerRejoicing In EvilTaking Possession

And I will send over you my people Israel, and they will take possession of you, and you will be for them as an inheritance, and {you will no longer bereave them of their children}."

Verse ConceptsInhabitationBereavementPeople Possessing Other Things

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "If the prince gives a gift to any [one] from [among] his sons, it [is] his inheritance [and] it will belong to his sons; it is their possession as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsReal Estate

And you must take possession of it, each [one] [a share] like his brother, [of this land] which {I swore} to give it to your fathers, and [so] this land shall fall to you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsHand Of God

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