Quotes About Sovereignty

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ëMy idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.í

For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

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.

We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.

There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.

Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

I know, O LORD, that a manís way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.

Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.