Quotes about Surrender

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’

Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.

In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!

As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.