Quotes about Desolation
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
— Job 18:16
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
— Lamentations 1:13
“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
— Amos 5:2
My soul is disconsolate when God is withdrawn.
— David Brainerd
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
— Isaiah 24:10
One phrase summarizes the horror of hell. "God isn't there."
— Max Lucado
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
— Leviticus 26:32
“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’
— Ezekiel 22:24
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
— Isaiah 3:26
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
— Jeremiah 4:25
“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
— Jeremiah 49:33
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
— Job 3:7