Quotes About Transformation

Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,

“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edomís mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the kingís table for the rest of his life.

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

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.

So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”

And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.

Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”

“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.

His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

“Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.

As for their appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.

When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.

When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.