Quotes About Submission

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

For the kingís word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.í

“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ëWhat are you making?í Does your work say, ëHe has no handsí?

By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ëLie down, so we can walk over you,í so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.