Quotes about Flocks
Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
- Jeremiah 6:3
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Jeremiah 31:12
And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
- Jeremiah 31:24
In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:13
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
- Jeremiah 49:29
Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Ezekiel 36:38
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Joel 1:18
And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
- Luke 2:8
Books are everywhere; and always the same sense of adventure fills us. Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.
- Virginia Woolf
Pharaoh's final effort to bring Moses and Israel into compromise is found in his statement, "Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back" (Exodus 10:24, NKJV). This statement reveals the ultimate test and potentially the ultimate place of blessing from God. It is to worship God with all of our financial resources.
- Bill Johnson
There was a shepherd that did live, And held his thoughts as high As were the mounts whereon his flocks Did hourly feed him by.
- Henry David Thoreau
What should we think of the shepherd's life if his flocks always wandered to higher pastures than his thoughts?
- Henry David Thoreau