Quotes About Spirituality

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.

and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ëWhat has the LORD answered?í or ëWhat has the LORD spoken?í

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

Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.

To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.

A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: