Quotes About Urgency

Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

ëPrepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëDisaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!

The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!

At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.

O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORDís anger comes upon you.

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.