Quotes about Power
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
— Lamentations 5:12
I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
— Ezekiel 6:14
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
— Ezekiel 13:21
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
— Ezekiel 17:13
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
— Ezekiel 19:2
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
— Ezekiel 19:4
He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
— Ezekiel 19:6
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
— Ezekiel 20:33
With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.
— Ezekiel 20:34
Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
— Ezekiel 20:48
Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
— Ezekiel 21:5
So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
— Ezekiel 21:15