Quotes About Change

When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakimís name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachinís uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your fatherís service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ëLighten the yoke your father put on usí?”

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.í”

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes

Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakimís name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakimís brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.

If I were to say, ëI will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,í

He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.