Quotes About Relationship

“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ëNo Compassion.í I will say to those called ëNot My People,í ëYou are My people,í and they will say, ëYou are my God.í”

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.

Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

ëMy people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëReturn to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.í

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

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”