Quotes About Community

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.

For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.

“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ëLet us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.í

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ëLet us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.í”

I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ëThe people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.í

The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,

and all the remaining clans and their wives.

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ëThey are My people,í and they will say, ëThe LORD is our God.í”

People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.

Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

ëBut you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.í”

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”