Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.


At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and stand in the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem; and say to them, 'Listen to the word of the LORD, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates:


Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,

“Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.



On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers,



Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,

“Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.



Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,

“Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.