Quotes About Fortress

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.

His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.