Quotes about Struggle
We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
— Isaiah 26:18
By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
— Isaiah 27:8
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
— Isaiah 29:7
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
— Isaiah 29:8
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
— Isaiah 38:10
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
— Isaiah 38:12
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
— Isaiah 38:13
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
— Isaiah 38:14
Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
— Isaiah 40:27
You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
— Isaiah 41:12
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
— Isaiah 49:24
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
— Isaiah 51:18