Quotes About Hope

Ephraimís glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!

My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.

Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.

The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.

Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.

You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.

Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.

“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,