Quotes about Rubble
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
— Leviticus 26:31
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
— Isaiah 24:12
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
— Jeremiah 9:11
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
— Job 15:28
To begin at the beginning is, next to ending at the end, the whole art of writing; as for the middle you may fill it in with any rubble that you choose.
— Hilaire Belloc
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
— Jeremiah 51:37
idols get their power because humans, in sinning, give it to them. Deal with sin, and the idols are reduced to a tawdry heap of rubble. Deal with sin, and the world will glorify God.
— NT Wright
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
— Psalm 79:1
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
— Isaiah 25:2
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
— Ezra 6:11
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
— Micah 1:6
The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins.
— Charles Colson