Ezekiel 17:14
so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.
Ezekiel 29:14
I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom.
Deuteronomy 28:43
The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.
1 Samuel 2:7
The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.
1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'I really did say that your house and your ancestor's house would serve me forever.' But now the Lord says, 'May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
Nehemiah 9:36-37
"So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things -- we are slaves!
Jeremiah 27:12-17
I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said, "Submit to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live.
Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "The Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, says, 'You must surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon. If you do, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down. Indeed, you and your whole family will be spared.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.
Ezekiel 17:6
It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.
Matthew 22:17-21
Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"