Desire imagery uses hunger, thirst, panting, longing, or soul-craving language to picture deep spiritual appetite for God, righteousness, salvation, or false objects of desire.
Desire imagery uses hunger, thirst, panting, longing, or soul-craving language to picture deep spiritual appetite for God, righteousness, salvation, or false objects of desire.
An appetite-and-longing motif in which desire, hunger, thirst, panting, longing, craving, or satisfaction language signifies worshipful yearning for God, righteousness, wisdom, salvation, living water, or the contrast between true and disordered desire.
These examples show how Desire, Hunger, Thirst, Longing, and Soul-Thirst Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
as the hart panteth after the water brooks
Panting-deer imagery portrays intense longing for God.
my soul thirsteth for thee
Soul-thirst imagery expresses worshipful desire in a dry and weary land.
my soul longeth, yea, even fainteth
Longing and fainting imagery describe deep desire for the courts of the LORD.
my soul breaketh for the longing
Soul-breaking longing pictures intense desire for God’s judgments.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters
Thirst imagery becomes a gracious invitation to receive what God freely gives.
hunger and thirst after righteousness
Hunger and thirst picture whole-person desire for righteousness under the kingdom blessing.
shall never thirst
Never-thirst language points to the satisfying gift of living water.
shall never hunger... never thirst
Hunger and thirst imagery identify Christ as the true bread who satisfies faith.
If any man thirst, let him come unto me
Thirst imagery frames Jesus’ invitation to receive life-giving provision.
let him that is athirst come
Final thirst imagery invites the needy to take the water of life freely.
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