Quotes about Israel
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
— Jeremiah 50:29
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
— Jeremiah 50:33
For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
— Jeremiah 51:5
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
— Jeremiah 51:33
“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
— Jeremiah 51:49
How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
— Lamentations 2:1
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy.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
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
— Lamentations 2:5
Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
— Ezekiel 3:4
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
— Ezekiel 3:5
But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
— Ezekiel 3:7
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
— Ezekiel 3:17