Quotes about Power
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
- Jeremiah 51:44
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 51:57
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
- Lamentations 2:3
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
- Lamentations 3:10
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- Lamentations 5:6
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
- Lamentations 5:12
I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 6:14
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 13:21
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
- Ezekiel 17:13
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
- Ezekiel 19:2
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
He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 19:6