Quotes about Ownership
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
— Isaiah 5:3
Now this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
— Isaiah 43:1
One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
— Isaiah 44:5
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
— Jeremiah 27:5
Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
— Jeremiah 32:11
Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
— Jeremiah 35:9
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
— Ezekiel 16:8
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
— Ezekiel 18:4
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
— Ezekiel 21:27
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
— Ezekiel 33:24
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
— Ezekiel 35:10
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
— Ezekiel 46:17