Quotes About Power

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëA great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëWill it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.

Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.

Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.í”

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”

Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.í

it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.

The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.

I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.í I, the LORD, have spoken.”

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëRemove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.

See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.

She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëI am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.í