Quotes About Faith

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

Israelís arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

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?”

The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.

Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.