The song is usually classified as a Spiritual because of its biblical and religious imagery.

Notwithstanding all its very dramatic and biblical imagery, do you know anyone who understands it?

Neither the audience nor the actors were given advice on how to interpret the show's biblical imagery.

Swanson is perhaps best known for his biblical imagery.

Her choice of songs focused on lyrics with biblical imagery and diction.

Many of her paintings display biblical and mythological imagery.

The song continues Paul Kelly's affair with using biblical imagery in his songs.

His conversations with the negotiators were dense with biblical imagery.

He chose Hebrew as his literary vehicle for its succinctness and biblical imagery.

In addition to the religious allusion of its title, the album is replete with biblical and specifically Christian imagery.