Quotes About Rebirth

Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”

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.

You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacobís tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.

Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.

When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.í

And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ëDry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

He called out in a loud voice: ëCut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

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.

and declared, “This man said, ëI am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.í”

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his motherís womb a second time to be born?”

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Do not be amazed that I said, ëYou must be born again.í

“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.