Quotes about Jacob

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.

Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.

The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.