Quotes About Prophecy

Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a kingís life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.