Quotes About Identity

Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.

They will be My people, and I will be their God.

“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ëThe LORD has rejected the two families He had chosení? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ëGet up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.í

How can you say, ëWe are warriors, mighty men ready for battleí?

Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.

I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potterís hands!

But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barberís razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëThis is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

“Son of man, hasnít the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ëWhat are you doing?í

And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.