Quotes About Reflection

In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherdís tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”