Quotes about Control

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

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

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.