Quotes About Faith

I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.

I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ëBlessed be the LORD, for I am rich!í Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ëThe people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.í

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,

and all the remaining clans and their wives.

And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ëYou shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.í When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

He will say, ëI am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.í

If someone asks him, ëWhat are these wounds on your chest?í he will answer, ëThese are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.í

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ëThey are My people,í and they will say, ëThe LORD is our God.í”

Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.