Quotes about Suffering
Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
- Isaiah 26:6
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
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
- Isaiah 38:10
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 38:12
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 38:13
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
- Isaiah 38:15
These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Isaiah 47:9
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 50:6
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
- Isaiah 51:19
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
- Isaiah 51:21
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
- Isaiah 51:23
Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
- Isaiah 52:14