Quotes About Hope

Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ëOur transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?í

Say to them: ëAs surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?í

But if I tell the wicked man, ëYou will surely die,í and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ëAbraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.í

As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ëAha! The ancient heights have become our possession,í

Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.

I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.