Quotes about Consumption
From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
— Jeremiah 3:24
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
— Ezekiel 3:3
No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
— Ezekiel 15:4
And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
— Ezekiel 23:25
therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
— Ezekiel 25:4
Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’
— Ezekiel 34:19
You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
— Ezekiel 39:18
At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk.
— Ezekiel 39:19
They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
— Hosea 4:10
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
— Nahum 1:10
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
— Zechariah 7:6
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
— Matthew 15:17