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Prophecy |
Verse |
Theme of Parable |
Major Prophets |
| Isaiah |
|
Master's Crib |
1:2-9 |
Rebellion of Israel; not knowing God |
|
Vineyard |
5:1-7 |
Israel's rebellion removes God's protection and provision |
|
Comfort |
28:23-29 |
Doing things in order |
| Jeremiah |
|
Almond Rod & Seething Pot |
1:11-19 |
God's calling of Jeremiah |
|
Marred Girdle |
13:1-11 |
Separation from God makes us worthless |
|
Wine Bottle |
13:12-14 |
God will cause our sin to turn against us, and us to turn against each
other |
|
Potter & Clay |
18:1-10 |
God's ability to discard a nation that is not useful to Him because they
have turned away from Him |
|
Broken Bottle |
19:1-13 |
A people whom God destroys cannot be put back together, just as a broken
clay bottle can't |
|
Two Baskets of Figs |
24:1-10 |
God sorts the people - people who obey God will be brought back to His
place of blessing; people who are evil will be destroyed |
|
Cup of Fury |
25:15-38 |
A sign of coming destruction |
|
Bonds & Yokes |
27 & 28 |
God putting the nations under Babylon's yoke and then releasing them
from that bondage in due time |
|
Hidden Stones |
43:8-13 |
God giving Egypt to Babylon |
| Ezekiel |
|
Living Creatures |
1:1-28 |
Awesomeness of God's messengers |
|
Eaten Roll |
2 & 3 |
The calling and work of a prophet |
|
Decorated Tile |
4:1-17 |
Israel being besieged for their iniquity |
|
Shaven Head & Beard |
5:1-17 |
Coming judgment on Israel - 1/3 die by pestilence, 1/3 die by sword,
1/3 scattered, but God keeps a remnant for Himself |
|
Image of Jealousy |
8:1-18 |
God's people turning to idolatry in His temple, and putting Him out of
the temple |
|
Man with Ink Horn |
9 & 10 |
God's mark upon His remnant protecting them. Even though judgment is
coming to idolaters, God's people are protected |
|
Cauldron & the Flesh |
11:1-25 |
God bringing His people out of destruction |
|
Removal |
12:1-28 |
Jerusalem being taken into captivity |
|
Vine Branch |
15:1-8 |
The uselessness of the people of Israel, because they don't serve God |
|
Faithless Wife |
16:1-63 |
Even after God provided for Israel, she fell into idolatry |
|
Great Eagle & Tree |
17:1-24 |
God's people being taken from Him |
|
Lioness & Her Whelps |
19:1-9 |
The strong taken captive by the multitudes |
|
Vine with Strong Rods |
19:10-14 |
No matter how strong and fruitful one is, they can still be brought to
destruction |
|
Fiery Furnace |
22:17-22 |
Purification |
|
Two Sisters (harlots) |
23:1-49 |
When God's people dabble in the sins of the world, God turns them over
to the world so that the would may destroy their flesh, that their souls
might be saved |
|
Boiling Cauldron |
24:1-4 |
Destruction of the people in the city, followed by the destruction of
the city |
|
Prophets Wife |
24:15-24 |
God will not mourn the destruction of his people, for they have turned
from them |
|
Shipwreck |
27 |
Just as a ship can be destroyed quickly in a shipwreck, so too will Tyre
be destroyed quickly. Its finery, and great people will not be able to stop
the destruction |
|
Anointed Cherub |
28:1-19 |
Lucifer |
|
Cedar in Lebanon |
31:1-18 |
Beauty of Assyria & its fall |
|
Unfaithful Shepherds |
34:1-31 |
Ministers who look after themselves instead of God's people |
|
Valley of Dry Bones |
37:1-14 |
Resurrection of the nation Israel - to the Jews, these verses speak of
the work of the messiah to come (a political messiah) |
|
Two Sticks |
37:15-28 |
Gathering of the children of Israel from every land and reunifying the
nation |
|
Measuring Reed |
40:1-5; 41:19-20; 43:1-19 |
The temple in the New Jerusalem |
|
Rising Waters |
47:1-12 |
Increase of the move of the Spirit throughout history |
| Daniel |
|
Great Image |
2:31-45 |
The kingdoms of the world - from Daniel's time to modern times |
|
Great Tree |
4:1-37 |
Nebuchadnezzar, as an example of the role of a ruler |
|
Handwriting on Wall |
5:1-31 |
God's hand - a message of judgment |
|
Four Beasts |
7:1-28 |
Kingdoms of the earth |
|
Ram & Goat |
8:1-25 |
The kingdom of the Medes and Persians being overthrown by the Greeks |
Profetas Menores |
| Hosea |
|
Faithless Wife |
1, 2 & 3 |
Unfaithfulness of the bride of Christ |
| Micah |
|
Mockery |
2 |
Those who pretend to worship God, but don't truly love Him |
| Habakkuk |
|
Derision |
2:6-20 |
The price of living wickedly |
| Zechariah |
|
Horse & Myrtle Trees |
1:8-17 |
God keeps an eye on what happens here on earth |
|
Horns & Smiths |
1:18-21 |
Overthrowing those who overthrew Israel - part of God's reestablishing
Israel |
|
Measuring Line |
2:1-13 |
Jerusalem will be overwhelmed by God's blessing |
|
Joshua the Priest |
3; 6:9-15 |
Reestablishing the office of priest |
|
Golden Candlestick |
4:1-14 |
God's people as a light to the world |
|
Flying Scroll |
5:1-4 |
News of coming judgment |
|
Woman & Ephod |
5:5-11 |
Greatness of the iniquity of God's people |
|
Four War Chariots |
6:1-8 |
Plagues and curses over the earth |
|
Crowns |
6:9-15 |
The "royalty" of being a priest |
|
Beauty & Bonds |
11:1-17 |
The end of God's patience |
| Malachi |
|
Christ's Advent |
3:1-3, 17; 4:2 |
The coming messiah |
