Quotes About Prophecy

I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ëHe was rightí? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.

I was the first to tell Zion: ëLook, here they are!í And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.

who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ëShe will be inhabited,í and of the cities of Judah, ëThey will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,í

who says of Cyrus, ëMy shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,í who says of Jerusalem, ëShe will be rebuilt,í and of the temple, ëLet its foundation be laid.í”

Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.

I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ëMy idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.í

Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORDís chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.

Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.