Quotes about Protection
and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
— Jeremiah 42:14
then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
— Jeremiah 42:16
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
— Jeremiah 44:27
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
I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 46:26
But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
— Jeremiah 46:27
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
‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
— Jeremiah 48:6
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
— Jeremiah 48:40
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
— Jeremiah 49:11
A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
— Jeremiah 50:37
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
— Jeremiah 51:6