Quotes About Truth

“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations

How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!

therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.

So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

ëAs surely as I live,í declares the Lord GOD, ëhe will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëAs surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

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

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

Yet you say, ëThe way of the Lord is not just.í Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Yet the house of Israel says, ëThe way of the Lord is not just.í Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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

Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

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

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

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 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.

Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.í

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

It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.

while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

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