Quotes About Authority

He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”

who says to the depths of the sea, ëBe dry, and I will dry up your currents,í

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ëWhat are you making?í Does your work say, ëHe has no handsí?

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

You said, ëI will be queen forever.í You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.

For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.

See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ëI am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on Davidís throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”

“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.

This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,