Quotes About Desire

as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.

who says of Cyrus, ëMy shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,í who says of Jerusalem, ëShe will be rebuilt,í and of the temple, ëLet its foundation be laid.í”

Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORDís chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ëIt is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.í

How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

Then I said, ëHow I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!í I thought you would call Me ëFatherí and never turn away from following Me.

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighborís wife.

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

They are saying, ëIs not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.í

But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.

Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.

So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.

and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

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

She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.

Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.