Quotes About Awareness

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.

For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.

Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.

And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.

“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.í”

It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.

And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.í”

So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”