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'Upon' in the Bible

and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

Verse ConceptsTestingPurgingRefining Influences Of AfflictionClean Objects

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDTradeAbaseAbasement Of The ProudThe Day Of JudgementGod Opposes The ProudBeing Humble

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

Verse ConceptsOaks

and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.

Verse ConceptsSeafaring

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.

Verse ConceptsSitting In DejectionMourning Due To Catastrophe

and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah- even the king of Assyria.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofUnique EventsOther Times

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.

Verse ConceptsGathering Creatures

And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

Verse ConceptsPensScrollsTabletsWritingSpeedAlphabetMaking The Message Clear

now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;

Verse ConceptsChaosLike A Flood

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

Verse ConceptsIncreaseCovenant, God's with DavidGod, Zeal OfLeaders, PoliticalNewsThroneJusticeChrist's DominionMessianic PropheciesTime Of Peace

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Verse ConceptsJacob, The PatriarchWord Of God

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsExile, in assyriaHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Results OfSuperiorityBusiness EthicsAssyria, Prophecies OfHaughtinessThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaHumbling The ProudEnd Of ActionsGod Opposes The Proud

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them, but shall lean upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Benefits OfSurvivors FavouredSurvivors Of IsraelBelieving In GodOthers Believing In God

And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards AmmonThe Prophecy Towards Edom

And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.

Verse ConceptsGod's Deed RevealedThank God!

Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseBeaconsFlags

And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfNames Of GodSelf ExaltationGoing Up To HeavenRebellion of Satan and AngelsKarma

that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyYokesTrampling PeopleRemoving Burdens

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

Verse ConceptsNationsGod's HandGod's Hands Stretched Out

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedTurned To Blood

Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the battle'shout is fallen.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarvestDestroying VineyardsI Mourn CatastropheSummer Fruit

And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionHigh Places

that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters,'saying , Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

Verse ConceptsBabylonenvoyPapyrusDivision Of WatersTall PeopleSea TravelBoatsWaters DividingFearing Other People

They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsSummerBirds Of Prey

The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Verse ConceptsChariotsMeltingGod RidingGroups TremblingLosing Courage

And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And Night

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

Verse ConceptsForestsCaravans

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Spiritual Significance OfKeysOpen DoorsShutting The Kingdom

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flagons.

Verse ConceptsFathers Responsibilities

In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Verse ConceptsTentsPegs

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

Verse ConceptsHiring70 To 80 YearsGod Visiting

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Verse ConceptsGuilty FearGod TrappingFear Will Cometerrorism

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making DrunkThings Fallingrebelliondrunkards

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingPrincipalities And PowersRebellion of Satan and Angels

Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementChastisementFaintnessUnder One's Breath

Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.

Verse ConceptsBriersThornsWeedsBurning Plants

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

Verse ConceptsSympathyDullnessFirewoodGod Without Mercy

and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

Verse ConceptsFig treeHarvestNo BeautyWorse

For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

Verse ConceptsLearning MethodsGraduallyA Little BitGod's OrdersStudyingorder

Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Verse ConceptsGraduallyReprobatesGod's OrdersExposition Of The ScripturesFalling Backwards

Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.

Verse ConceptsChainsMockeryRejection Of God, Results OfRidicule, Objects OfDestructionTying Upmockers

For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesSticksCummin

For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

Verse ConceptsHearingSeersSleep, SpiritualSleep, PhysicalSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfEyes HarmedProphecy AbolishedHead As Chiefprophets

The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them .

Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

Verse ConceptsBackPursuing PeopleCavalryRiding HorsesSpeed

One thousand'shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UsePursuing PeopleFaint HeartednessBeaconsFive PeopleA Thousand PeopleFlags

And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJusticeCommendationGod Is GraciousGod, Justice OfTendernessWaiting On GodLongsuffering Of GodDivine FavourGod WaitingGod Showed MercyGod's InterventionWaiting On The LordWaiting For God's Timingjournaling

And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks and'streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Verse ConceptsTowersBrooks

And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing of his arm will he fight with them.

Verse ConceptsHarpsMusicMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To Celebratedrums

For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

Verse ConceptsNoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping

Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird'sackcloth upon your loins.

Verse ConceptsShakingPeople Stripping Off

They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

Verse Conceptsbreastsfruitfulness

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.

Verse ConceptsGift Of The Holy SpiritThe Spirit Of GodPromises Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit Giving LifeIncreasing FruitChange And GrowthSpilling Your Seed On The Groundfruitfulness

And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

Verse ConceptsAcceptance Of BribesEyes, GuardedBeing FairFinancial AdviceAvoiding Bribes

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutZion, As A PlaceThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemMotionlessnessUndisturbedFestivals Observed

For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Verse ConceptsMore Than EnoughGod's Sword

Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceReedsStaffTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstTrusting Other People

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Verse ConceptsBackNegotiationTwo ThousandRiding Horses

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not'sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

Verse ConceptsMonotonyRepulsive FoodDefecationUrinatingpoop

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Verse ConceptsFig treeBodydoctorsdiseasesBoils Or UlcersMedicineFigsRecoveryAbscess

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFlowersThe Holy Spirit In CreationGrass WitheredMere Men

Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting

I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Verse ConceptsClayeastCraftsmenPotterVictory, As An Act Of GodPotteryClay, UsesOut Of The North

Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeChaosGod, The CreatorGod, The LordCreation Of The Physical HeavensSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfGod Giving Breatha new beginningGod's Creationbreathingbreath

Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle

Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Verse ConceptsComplacencyPrayerlessnessNot PrayingWeary Of Godtired

And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Idolatry IsIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToDullnessBowing To False GodsBaking BreadFirewoodHalf Of ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast .

Verse ConceptsBabylon, History OfFalse GodsCarrying IdolsCrouching

They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanOld Age, Attitudes ToYokesDisrespect For Old AgeOppressorsJudgement On Old PeoplePeople Without Mercyrelentless

but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.

Verse ConceptsPleasure SeekersSuddenlyBereavementDeath Of A ChildLosing SomeonemagicwitchesOccult Being Powerless Before God

Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyNot Knowing The Future

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.

Verse ConceptsBabylonAstrologyDivination, Practiced ByStarsOccultismfate

(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):

Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemGod SupportingCitizens

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAfflicted SaintsEarth, God's GloryJoy, And Human ExperienceSingingSongsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedMothers DeathFinding Comfort In God

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Verse ConceptsengravingArtCherishingGod's HandWalled TownsWriting On Peoplescars

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

Verse ConceptsFlagsPeople Carrying Live PeopleRaising Children

Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfPainSuffering, Encouragements InTrusting In GodTrust In God!God As The Object Of Faith

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will Nevereternity, nature ofAstronomyInsectsEarth, Destruction OfSmokeEcological ConcernsImputed RighteousnessSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceThe Universe DestroyedDisappearanceThings Wearing OutLooking At God's WorksAbrasionSmoke Used Poetically

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and'sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Verse ConceptsSighingecstasyGod, The EternalHeadsWhat Heaven Will Be LikeJoy, Of IsraelHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityRansomUnhappinessHeaven, Worshiping GodEternal BlessingPromise of returnThe Redeemed Of The LordYou Will Rejoice In SalvationJoyclosure

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualGenerosity, God'sGrace, In OtMind, Of GodRepentance, Importance OfRepentance, Nature OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSin, Deliverance From GodThoughtForsaking SinReturning To GodThinking ArightEvil WaysA Forgiving God

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