Quotes About Faith

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.

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ëIs he not just telling parables?í”

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ëI am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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

Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?í declares the Lord GOD.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëRemove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.í”

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBecause all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,