Quotes About God

Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”

“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”

For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ëThis is what the Lord GOD says,í whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

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.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëYou have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.í

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBehold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

You are to say: ëO mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”

The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.í

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.

Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëWhen any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,

in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.í”