"Everyone will realize that they are a people the Lord has blessed. Isaiah 61;9 I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels. Isaiah 61;10"

"For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them. Isaiah 61;8"

"So this is what the Lord says to his people; You love towander from me and do not restrain yourselves. Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people. Jeremiah 14;10"

"We hunt for food at the risk of our lives for violence rules the countryside. Lamentations 5;9 The people say, Our wickedness has caught up with us, Lord, but help us for the sake of your reputation. we have turned away from you and sinned against you again and again. Jeremiah 14;7"

"See how we have been disgraced! Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed. We have to pay for water to drink, and firewood is expensive. Lamentations 1;4"

"We couldn't go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end is near; our days numbered. We were doomed! Lamentations 4;18"

"My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird. they threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me. Lamentations 3;52-53"

"All our enemies have spoken out against us. Lamentations 3;46 We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, devastated and ruined. Lamentations 3;47 Tears stream from my eyes becuase of the destruction of my people! Lamentations 3;48 My heart is breaking over the fate of all the women of jerusalem. Lamentations 3;51"

"The thoughs of my suffering and homelesness is bitter beyond words. Lamentations 3;19 I will never forget this aweful time, as I grieve over my loss. Lamentations 3;20 Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this; The faithful love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 13;21-22 Who can command things to happen without the Lords permission? Lamentations 3;37 Does the Most high send both calamity and good? Lamentations 3;38 Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for sins? Lamentations 3;39 Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord. Lamentations 3;40"

"Don't listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you, filling you with futile hopes. They are making up everything they say. They do not speak for the Lord. Jeremiah 23;16 They keep saying to those who despise my word, "Don't Worry!" The Lord says you will have peace! And to those who stubbornly follow their own desires, they say, "No harm will come you way!" Jeremiah 23;17 I will feed them with biterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalems prophets that wickedness has filled this land. Jeremiah 23;15"

"Their children will prosper as they did long ago. I will establish them as a nation before me, and I will punish anyone who hurts them. Jeremiah 30;20 They will have their own ruler again, and he will come from their own people. I will invite him to approach me, says the lord, for who would dare to come unless invited? Jeremiah 30;21 You will be my people and I will be your God. Jeremiah 30;22"

"When I bring Israel home again from captivity and restore their fortunes, Jerusalem will be rebuilt on its ruins, and the palace reconstructed as before. Jeremiah 30;18 There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving and I will multiply my people, not diminish them; I will honor them, not despise them. Jeremiah 30;19"

"Why do you protest your punishment-this wound that has no cure? I have had to punish you because your sins are many and your guilt is great. Jeremiah 30;15 But all who devour you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be sent into exile. All who plunder you will be plundered, and all who attack you will be attacked. Jeremiah 30;16"

"All your lovers-your allies-have left you and don't care about you anymore. I have wounded you cruelly, as though I were your enemy. For your sins are many, and your guilt is great. Jeremiah 30;14"

"For I am with you and will save you, says the Lord. I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you, I will discipline you, but with justice: I cannot let you go unpunished. Jeremiah 30;11 Your injury is incurable-a terrible wound. Jeremiah 30;12 There is no help for you to bind up your injury. Jeremiah 30;13"

"I hear cries of fear; there is terror and no peace. Jeremiah 30;4 In all history there has never been such a time of terror. It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel. Yet in the end they will be saved!. Jeremiah 30;7 For I will bring you home again from distant lands, and your children will return to a life of peace and quiet, and no one will terrorize them. Jeremiah 30;10"

"Look! The Lords anger burst out like a storm, a driving wind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked. Jeremiah Jeremiah 30;23 The fierce anger of the Lord will not diminish until it has finished all he has planned. In the days to come you will understand this. Jeremiah 30;24"

"The sheperds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer seek wisdom from the Lord. Therefore, they fail completely, and their flocks are scattered. Jeremiah 10;21 We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror. We hoped for peace, but no peace came. Jeremiah 14;19"

"For this is what the Lord says; "Suddenly, I will fling out all you who live in this land. I will pour great troubles upon you, and at last you will feel my anger. Jeremiah 10;18 My wound is severe and my grief is great. My sickness is incurable, but I must bear it. Jeremiah 10;19 My home is gone, and no one is left to help me rebuild it. My children have been taken away, and I will never see them again. Jeremiah 10;20"

"Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says, See, I will melt them down in a crucible and test them like metal. What else can I do with my people? Isaiah 9;7 For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows. They speak friendly words to their neighbors while scheming in their heart to kill them. Jeremiah 9;8 Should I not punish them for this? says the Lord. Should I not avenge myself against such a nation? Jeremiah 9;9 Pack your bags and prepare to leave; the siege is about to begin. Jeremiah 10;17"

"Oh; why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols and their worthless foreign gods? says the Lord. Jeremiah 8;19 The harvest is finished and the summer is gone, the people cry, "Yet we are not saved!" Jeremiah 8;20 I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief. Jeremiah 8;21"

""This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said. Jeremiah 9;13 My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken. Jeremiah 8;18 Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. "Has the Lord abandoned Jerusalem? the people ask. Jeremiah 8;19"