Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to seek God in prayer
The sons of Israel cried to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
The LORD has done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old He has thrown down without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries. Their heart cried out to the Lord, "O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest. "Arise, cry aloud in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint because of hunger At the head of every street."
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver. I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may be turned to God
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
And cause Your face to shine upon us,
Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? Will You not Yourself revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You?
Bullock (ox) » Uses of » For plowing
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him.
Who
That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an acre of land.
But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox.
Conversion » Pray for
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
And cause Your face to shine upon us,
Renew
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My
I will surely
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
They have become altars of sinning for him.
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your
And like the dew which goes away early.
He placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had captured.
He hired also 100,000 valiant warriors out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver. But a man of God came to him saying, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim.
"For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people), and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely shall not last."'"
And He will lift up a standard for the nations And assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth. Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, And those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
And
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the
Declares the Lord of hosts.
For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot,
Israel has defiled itself.
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Ephraim’s
So his Lord will leave his
And bring back his
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
Self-will » Illustrated
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
Self-will and stubbornness » Illustrated
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.