Quotes about Judah
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
— Matthew 2:6
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
— Luke 1:39
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
— Hebrews 7:14
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
— Hebrews 8:8
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
— Revelation 5:5
From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
— Revelation 7:5
The only way to revive Temple worship is through repentance. The men of Judah must give up their idolatry and turn their hearts back to God.
— Lynn Austin
The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
— George Eliot
We cannot tame the Lion of Judah. There is a mystery, a wonder, and, yes, even a wildness about God we cannot take from Him.
— Beth Moore
The first reason is their majesty and their associated arrogance (Is 13:11, 19), which fits with the earlier critique of Assyria and of Judah itself (cf. also Is 16:6).
— John Goldingay
There is no room for Judah's thinking that its position as the people of God means it will escape if its stance toward Yahweh is no different from theirs.
— John Goldingay
Get thee up into the high mountain… say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
— Anonymous