Quotes about Vulnerability
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
— Isaiah 40:24
Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
— Isaiah 47:14
The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
— Jeremiah 46:24
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
— Jeremiah 51:22
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
— Jeremiah 51:34
Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.
— Ezekiel 7:17
No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.
— Ezekiel 16:5
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
— Ezekiel 17:10
They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
— Ezekiel 23:26
Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
— Ezekiel 27:26
Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
— Ezekiel 28:9
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
— Ezekiel 34:5