Quotes about Struggle
We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
— Lamentations 5:5
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
— Lamentations 5:6
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
— Lamentations 5:8
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
— Lamentations 5:9
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
— Lamentations 5:13
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
— Lamentations 5:17
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
— Lamentations 5:20
Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
— Ezekiel 7:25
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
— Ezekiel 19:4
Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
— Ezekiel 19:8
I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
— Ezekiel 20:25
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
— Ezekiel 24:12