Quotes About God

Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ëI am perfect in beauty.í

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.í

And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.í”

Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ëThe Nile is mine; I made it myself.í

Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.

“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ëAlas for that day!í

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.í

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëSince it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëI will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.

All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,í declares the Lord GOD.

This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”

Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.

For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBehold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ëBehold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,í declares the Lord GOD.

ëYou are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,í declares the Lord GOD.”