Quotes About Protection

“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israelís King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”

Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëI am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.í”

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.

The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.