Quotes about Justice
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
— Jeremiah 34:20
This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
— Jeremiah 44:30
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
— Jeremiah 46:28
For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
— Jeremiah 49:12
“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
— Jeremiah 51:10
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 51:24
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
— Jeremiah 51:36
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
— Lamentations 3:34
to deny a man justice before the Most High,
— Lamentations 3:35
to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
— Lamentations 3:36
You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
— Lamentations 3:58
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
— Lamentations 3:59