Quotes about Devotion
Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 2:29
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
— Jeremiah 2:32
“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
— Jeremiah 4:1
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
— Jeremiah 4:4
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
— Jeremiah 6:20
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
— Jeremiah 9:14
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
— Jeremiah 15:16
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
— Jeremiah 15:17
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 16:5
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
— Jeremiah 17:7
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
— Jeremiah 17:16
Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
— Jeremiah 22:9