Quotes about Suffering
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
— Isaiah 53:10
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
— Isaiah 53:11
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
— Isaiah 64:12
They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
— Jeremiah 6:14
They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
— Jeremiah 8:11
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
— Jeremiah 9:18
What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
— Jeremiah 13:21
The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
— Jeremiah 14:4
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
— Jeremiah 14:5
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
— Jeremiah 15:18
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
— Jeremiah 19:9
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
— Jeremiah 20:7