Quotes About Sacrifice

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.

Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.

In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.

The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.

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,

You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

Therefore Jacobís guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.

But if you say to me, ëWe trust in the LORD our God,í is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ëYou must worship before this altarí?

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.