17 occurrences

'Sea' in the Bible

Do you not revere me?" {declares} Yahweh, "Do you not tremble {before me}? For I have placed [the] sand [as] a boundary for the sea, {as an everlasting limit}, and it cannot pass over it, and they rise and fall loudly, but they cannot prevail, and its waves roar, but they cannot pass over it.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesSandSeaAttitudes Of RespectOceansAweWavesDivine Power Over NatureBarriersEternal WorldLimits For The SeaSand And GravelFear God!

[The] bow and [the] short sword they grasp [are] cruel, and they show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, drawn up like a man for battle against you, O daughter of Zion."

Verse Conceptsdaughtersequipping, physicalenemies, of Israel and JudahBackMercy, HumanSeaThings Like The SeaRoar Of NationsOppressorsSea, Metaphorical ReferencesPeople Without Mercy

and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland that [is] across the sea;

Verse ConceptsGentile Rulers

For thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

Verse ConceptsPillars For Solomon's Temple

Thus says Yahweh, who gives [the] sun for light by day, the regulations of [the] moon and [the] stars for light [by] night, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar--Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

Verse ConceptsFate, And FatalismAstronomyCommands, in OTLight, NaturalMoonNatureOceansOrderly PatternsGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Sea Stirred UpSunshineThe Moon

As the host of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will make numerous the offspring of David my servant and the Levites [who] minister [to] me.'"

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfStarsMany In IsraelSand And Gravel

{As I live}," {declares} the king, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name, "one will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

How can you be quiet when Yahweh has given an order to it? Against Ashkelon and against the shore of the sea, there he has appointed it."

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot StillGod's Orders

More than the weeping of Jazer I weep for you, O vine Sibmah. Your branches cross over [the] sea, up to the sea of Jazer they reach. Upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage [the] destroyer has fallen.

Verse ConceptsGrapesVinesSummerVintageSummer Fruit

The earth will quake from the sound of their falling. A cry of distress! Their voice will be heard at {the Red Sea}.

Verse ConceptsOther References To The Red Sea

Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are ashamed, for they have heard bad news; they melt. [There is] concern in the sea. It is not able to keep quiet.

Verse ConceptsNewsRestlessnessSeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesAnxiety And Feardamascusreassurance

They keep hold of bow and short sword. They [are] cruel and they have no mercy. Their sound [is] like the sea, it roars, and upon horses they ride. Drawn up for battle as a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalenemies, of Israel and JudahMercy, HumanSeaRoar Of NationsOppressorsSea, Metaphorical ReferencesPeople Without Mercy

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me [and] sucked me dry; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like the sea monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies; he has rinsed me.

Verse ConceptsConfusionSnakesStomachsEmpty People

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh, "Look, I [am] going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.

Verse Conceptsdrynessdefence, divineWellsGod Drying Things UpGod DefendingWells, Figurative UseFamineRevenge

The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.

Verse ConceptsSeaWavesThe Sea Stirred UpSea, Metaphorical ReferencesThe Ocean

And [the] Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that [were] in the {temple} of Yahweh, and the kettle stands and the sea of bronze that [were] in the {temple} of Yahweh, and they carried all their bronze [to] Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonPillars For Solomon's Temple

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze oxen that [were] under the kettle stands which King Solomon had made for the {temple} of Yahweh--there was not a weight for the bronze of all these vessels!

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveAnimals, Types OfTwo Parts Of ConstructionsTwelve Animals

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