Quotes about Destruction
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
— Hosea 8:7
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
— Hosea 9:6
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
— Hosea 9:13
Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
— Hosea 10:2
Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
— Hosea 10:7
The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
— Hosea 10:8
the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
— Hosea 10:14
A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
— Hosea 11:6
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
— Hosea 13:9
It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
— Joel 1:7
The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
— Joel 1:10
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
— Joel 1:15