These examples show how Accumulation functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
curses piled upon disobedience
The covenant warnings accumulate consequences to show the seriousness of rebellion.
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curse list
The curses accumulate in scope and severity to press covenant accountability.
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questions about creation
The LORD accumulates questions to expose Job’s creaturely limits.
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earth shook, heavens thundered, arrows, lightning
The imagery accumulates to portray divine intervention.
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sinful nation, people laden with iniquity
The descriptions accumulate to intensify Judah’s guilt.
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terror, pit, snare, windows, foundations
Judgment imagery accumulates to show inescapable devastation.
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successive woes
Jesus accumulates charges against the scribes and Pharisees.
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filled with all manner of unrighteousness
Paul accumulates terms to show the depth of human corruption.
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imprisonments, beatings, shipwrecks, dangers
Paul accumulates sufferings to defend the authenticity of his ministry.
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cargo list of Babylon
The accumulated luxury goods display the scope of Babylon’s commerce and corruption.
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