Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments.

In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,


And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your lovers despise you;
They seek your life.

I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

“Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments;





Lift up your eyes and look around;
All of them gather together, they come to you.
As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will surely put on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride.



“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,

The wicked will return to Sheol,
Even all the nations who forget God.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the rock of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine slips of a strange god.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.



A voice is heard on the bare heights,
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have forgotten the Lord their God.



Lift up your eyes and look around;
All of them gather together, they come to you.
As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will surely put on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride.


When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments.

In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,


And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your lovers despise you;
They seek your life.

I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

“Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments;