Quotes about Longing
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
— Isaiah 30:18
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
— Isaiah 48:8
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
— Isaiah 59:11
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
— Jeremiah 3:19
You will never return to the land for which you long.”
— Jeremiah 22:27
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
— Lamentations 5:20
Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
— Ezekiel 16:28
Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
— Ezekiel 23:9
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
— Hosea 2:7
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
— Joel 1:20
People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
— Amos 4:8
In that day the lovely young women—the young men as well—will faint from thirst.
— Amos 8:13