Quotes About Faith

The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.

But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

One will say, ëI belong to the LORD,í another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ëThe LORDís,í and will take the name of Israel.”

Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ëShe will be inhabited,í and of the cities of Judah, ëThey will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,í

who says to the depths of the sea, ëBe dry, and I will dry up your currents,í

who says of Cyrus, ëMy shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,í who says of Jerusalem, ëShe will be rebuilt,í and of the temple, ëLet its foundation be laid.í”

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.