Quotes about Affliction
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
- Isaiah 30:20
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
- Isaiah 51:21
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 63:9
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
- Isaiah 64:12
Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
- Jeremiah 30:15
Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
- Jeremiah 48:16
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
- Lamentations 1:3
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
- Lamentations 1:7
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
- Lamentations 1:9
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
- Lamentations 3:1
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
- Lamentations 3:4
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
- Lamentations 3:13