Quotes About Exile

The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.

Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

The whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.

Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

There on the willows we hung our harps,

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.

So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egyptís shame.

roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.