Quotes About Hope

But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldnít I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

For I take no pleasure in anyoneís death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

“As for you, take up a lament for the princes 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.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.

With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.

“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ëA sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.í

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,

on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.

On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ëAha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,í

For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.í

For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ëAlas for that day!í