Quotes About Faith

Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”

For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,

“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:

In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëReturn to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.í

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëTurn now from your evil ways and deeds.í But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ëI will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.í

Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëMy cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.í”

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.í”

“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.

And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.

Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:

See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.