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Psalm 80
[Bible]Psalm 80 is a psalm of Asaph and a communal lament. Comparing Israel to a vine brought out of Egypt and planted, it implores God, the "Shepherd of Israel," to restore His devastated people.
Isaiah 17
[Bible]Isaiah 17 is a chapter within the oracles against the nations in the Book of Isaiah. It foretells the destruction of Damascus (Aram) and Ephraim (the northern kingdom of Israel) and declares that even amid this judgment there will be a remnant and people who look to God.
Isaiah 16
[Bible]Isaiah 16 continues the oracle against Moab that begins in Isaiah 15. It contains a lament over Moab's flight, its pride, and the devastation of its vineyards, and it ends with a prophecy that the glory of Moab will be brought low within three years.
Isaiah 36
[Bible]Isaiah 36 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the scene in which his official, the Rabshakeh, stands before Jerusalem, demands the surrender of Hezekiah and the people, and insults the LORD.
Jeremiah 49
[Bible]Jeremiah 49 is part of the oracles against the nations. It proclaims judgment on Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, and Elam, and it also promises future restoration to Ammon and Elam.
Amos 5
[Bible]Amos 5 anticipates the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel in the form of a funeral song (lament) and calls the people to repentance with the words "Seek ye me, and ye shall live." It rebukes worship devoid of justice and demands, "let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."
Acts 26
[Bible]Acts 26 records the defense Paul made before King Agrippa and the governor Festus while imprisoned in Caesarea, recounting his life and his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. Those who hear him conclude that he has done nothing deserving of death.
Acts 9
[Bible]Acts 9 recounts how Saul, who had been persecuting the church, encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus, was converted, and began to preach the gospel. It also tells how Peter healed Aeneas at Lydda and raised Tabitha at Joppa.
Urijah (Priest)
[People]Urijah was a priest of the Jerusalem temple during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah. At the king's command he built a new altar in the temple modeled on an altar in Damascus, and in Isaiah 8 he is named as a "faithful witness" to Isaiah's prophecy.
Tabrimmon
[People]Tabrimmon is mentioned once, in 1 Kings 15:18, as the father of Ben-hadad, king of Aram, and the son of Hezion. He belonged to the Aramean royal house centered at Damascus.
2 Kings 16
[Bible]2 Kings 16 recounts the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. Attacked by Aram and Israel, Ahaz appeals to Assyria for help and sends tribute. He then has an altar built on the model of one he saw in Damascus and alters the altar and furnishings of the Jerusalem temple.
Job 31
[Bible]Job 31 concludes Job's final defense. Job takes up lust, deceit, mistreatment of servants, neglect of the poor, trust in wealth, and idolatry one by one, swearing that if he had done any of them he would deserve punishment. In this way he asserts his innocence and demands an answer from God.
Amos 1
[Bible]Amos 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Amos. It opens with a superscription identifying the book as the prophecy of Amos, a herdsman of Tekoa, and continues with declarations of judgment against the nations surrounding Israel, including Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon.
John 18
[Bible]John 18 recounts the arrest of Jesus in a garden across the brook Kidron, his appearances before Annas and Caiaphas, and his interrogation by the Roman governor Pilate. Meanwhile, Peter denies Jesus three times, and the crowd demands that Barabbas be released instead of Jesus.
Lamentations 3:19–26
[Bible Verses]Lamentations 3:19–26 is the passage in which a speaker, despairing as he remembers the suffering of Jerusalem's destruction, recalls the mercies and faithfulness of the LORD and turns toward hope. Because of its words "They are new every morning," it is often cited as a text of comfort and for New Year's meditation.
Exodus 6:2–3
[Bible Verses]A passage in which God tells Moses that he is the LORD (YHWH) and that he appeared to the patriarchs as "God Almighty" but was not known to them by the name LORD. Because the name "LORD" already appears in Genesis, the passage is frequently cited in discussions of the revelation of God's name and the formation of the Pentateuch.
Donatism
[History]A schismatic church movement that arose in North Africa in the early fourth century. Holding that sacraments administered by clergy who had abandoned the faith during persecution were without effect, it separated from the Catholic Church. Through its controversy with Augustine, it left a lasting mark on ecclesiology and sacramental theology.
Lamentations 5
[Bible]The final chapter of Lamentations, a communal prayer in which the people who remain after the fall of Jerusalem lay their hunger and disgrace before God and plead for restoration: "Turn thou us unto thee."
Eldad
[People]Eldad was one of the seventy elders listed during the wilderness period who did not go out to the tabernacle but stayed in the camp. There he and Medad received the Spirit of God and prophesied (Numbers 11:26-29).
John 10:28–29
[Bible Verses]In this passage Jesus says that he gives eternal life to his sheep and that no one can snatch them out of his hand or out of the Father's hand. It is a principal basis for the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, which holds that those who have once been saved are preserved to the end, and it stands at the center of the debate over whether salvation can be lost.