Quotes About Hope

They are saying, ëIs not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.í

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëAlthough I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.í

Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëI will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.í

And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.

So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.

You are to say, ëI am a sign to you.í Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ëThe days go by, and every vision failsí?

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëI will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.í But say to them: ëThe days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ëThe vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.í

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëNone of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.í”

I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.

Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.

Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ëLive!í There I said to you, ëLive!í

But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.

But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëI will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.