Quotes About Faithfulness

And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.

I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ëmy Husband,í and no longer call Me ëmy Master.í

For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.

So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.

And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ëAs surely as the LORD lives!í

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.

He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.