6 occurrences

'Thicket' in the Bible

Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamHornsRamsSubstitutionNames Of GodHorns Of AnimalsVicarious Substitution

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

Verse ConceptsLionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation

It was like men in a thicket of trees,wielding axes,

Verse ConceptsAxesFelling Trees

A lion has gone up from his thicket;a destroyer of nations has set out.He has left his lairto make your land a waste.Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.

Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyThose Who DestroyEmpty Cities

I will devastate her vines and fig trees.She thinks that these are her wagesthat her lovers have given her.I will turn them into a thicket,and the wild animals will eat them.

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

Therefore, because of you,Zion will be plowed like a field,Jerusalem will become ruins,and the hill of the temple mountwill be a thicket.

Verse ConceptsZion, As A SymbolArchaeologyDestruction Of JerusalemMetaphorical PloughingThings On HighWhy It Happened

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Brush (5 instances)
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