Quotes about Suffering
For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
— Isaiah 9:5
Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
— Isaiah 13:15
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
— Isaiah 13:16
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
— Isaiah 14:3
though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
— Isaiah 17:11
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
— Isaiah 21:3
From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.
— Isaiah 24:16
Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
— Isaiah 26:6
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
— Isaiah 30:20
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
— Isaiah 38:10
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
— Isaiah 38:12
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
— Isaiah 38:13