Quotes About Rest

This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

You have said, ëWoe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.í”

ëAlas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!í

How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.í

All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”

I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ëThe gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!

And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”

And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.í”

Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”