Thematic Bible: As a power, was
Thematic Bible
Assyria » As a power, was » Proud and haughty
'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel! 'Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, "With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses And I entered its farthest lodging place, its thickest forest. "I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt."
Assyria » As a power, was » An instrument of God's vengeance
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation, I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is in the remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Verse Concepts
Assyria » As a power, was » Unfaithful, &c
So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD and out of the palace of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
Assyria » As a power, was » Most formidable
As a storm of
Like a storm of
He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.
Assyria » As a power, was » Cruel and destructive
Nor does
But rather it is
And to cut off
Assyria » As a power, was » Intolerant and oppressive
Your
All who hear
Will
For on whom has not your evil passed continually?
Assyria » As a power, was » Selfish and reserved
Like
Ephraim has
Babylon » As a power, was » Cruel and destructive
And overthrew its cities,
Who
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the
Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord,
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
And roll you down from the crags,
And I will make you a
"For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, That fierce and impetuous people Who march throughout the earth To seize dwelling places which are not theirs. "They are dreaded and feared; Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Babylon » As a power, was » An instrument of God's vengeance on other nations
Intoxicating all the earth.
The
Therefore the nations are
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the
Babylon » As a power, was » Grand and stately
O
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The
Babylon » As a power, was » Arrogant
"But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'
Babylon » As a power, was » Covetous
Abundant in
Your end has come,
The
Babylon » As a power, was » Secure and self-confident
"Yet you said, 'I will be a queen forever ' These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them. "Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.'
Babylon » As a power, was » Oppressive
that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“Howthe oppressor has ceased,
And howfury has ceased!
“How
And how
Egypt » As a power, was » Treacherous
Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
Verse Concepts
"Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel. "When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their loins quake."
Egypt » As a power, was » Proud and arrogant
Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The greatmonster that lies in the midst of his rivers,
Thathas said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great
That
“Indeed, those who support
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord God.
Egypt » As a power, was » Ambitious of conquests
Even like the rivers whose waters surge about;
And He has said, “I will
I will surely
Egypt » As a power, was » Pompous
By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations,
And they willdevastate the pride of Egypt,
And all its hordes will be destroyed.
And they will
And all its hordes will be destroyed.
Egypt » As a power, was » Mighty
Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! "Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.