Quotes about Responsibility
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
— Isaiah 47:6
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
— Isaiah 51:18
Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
— Isaiah 55:4
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
— Isaiah 58:1
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
— Isaiah 58:9
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
— Isaiah 65:12
But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
— Jeremiah 1:7
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
— Jeremiah 1:10
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
— Jeremiah 2:17
You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
— Jeremiah 2:31
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
— Jeremiah 2:34
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
— Jeremiah 2:35