Jeremiah Quotes

“There have been other girls. But they weren't her.”
― Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

“When the Qur’an critically evaluates the individual behavior of certain Jews, Christians, and pagans, it does so because these individuals serve as models for both what to do and not to do. Compared to the standards of harsh prophetic chastisement found in the revelations of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, the Qur’an is a gentle critic—despite attempts by some translators to heighten the tension.”
― Mohamad Jebara, The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy

“A mind is a terrible thing to waste, Share the joy of reading with all you meet. Both young and Old. Especially the children.”
― charlws Swindoll

“I am Captain Iron and I will use my powers only for good, never for evil.
I will fight injustice wherever I find it.
I will help those who cannot help themselves.
I am a spirit of justice and I am a spirit of vengeance and I will kick the ass of the unrighteous.
I will be gentle, for the world is hard and I will be caring, for the world is harsh and I will be strong and I will endure pain and I will die bravely and I will make it all better again.
So that the children will never have to look up in pain and wonder why they lost so much.
Why so many had to die.
Why they are still even alive because ...
because no one should ever have to ask that question.”
― J. Michael Straczynski

“Tada references the accusation in Jeremiah that the people have forsaken God as Living Water by remembering a hiking trip from her younger days. Reaching a clear stream at the end of her trip, she emptied her canteen of the warm, metallic-tasting water and filled up on fresh water.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

(Jeremiah 29:13 NIV)”
― Bible, New International Version Single Column Text Bible: Burgundy

“It was a total catch-22, like a contradiction in terms.”
― Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty

“There is truth to be learned here, if you are patient enough to listen to it.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. (Jer 29:11)”
― Jeremiah, The Book of Jeremiah: With Explanatory Notes and Appendices, by H. Linton

“There is in my heart as it were a burning fire
Shut up in my bones,
And I am weary with holding it in,
And I cannot
Jeremiah 20:9”
― bibles

“It is the work of the poet to imagine YHWH out beyond old stereotypes and to show us that the God of Israel, at the very moment of risk, is a God of healing, transformative, covenantal fidelity.”
― Walter Brueggemann, Returning from the Abyss: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah

“...doing economic justice for the vulnerable in generous, intentional ways, is communion with God.”
― Walter Brueggemann, Returning from the Abyss: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah

“Stāte super viās et interrogāte dē sēmitīs antīquīs que sit via bona et ambulāte in eā et inveniētis et refrīgerium animābus vestrīs etc.”
― Jeremias 6:16

“We both used force against the clay. We both raised it only to knock it down. But the force I used broke it, whereas you only made it pliable and centered so it could be shaped. I weakened the clay, and you strengthened it. I diminished it, and you held it together."
She shrugged, not understanding the intensity of his gaze as he studied the shapeless mound on the wheel. "I am an experienced potter."
The wheel had long since come to a stop. Dust motes danced above it in the fat rays of sunshine that streaked through the window.
"It makes me think of God," he said into the silence.
"The wheel?" She grasped the allusion. "Jeremiah's potter, you mean?"
He smiled. "Yes. Jeremiah's potter: 'Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.'
"Except that for years, when I saw God as the potter, I saw someone with my hands at the wheel instead of yours. Someone with too much force, who weakens us and breaks us down. Someone who destroys us. But looking at you just now, I was reminded that you can also be knocked down for good.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Royal Artisan

“Yet you, LORD, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.

"How beautiful. I don't know how to thank you, my lady."
"No need for thanks." Esther smiled. "As a potter, you must be familiar with this verse."
"I have heard it a time or two, lady."
"Yes. But I want you to set your gaze upon the first line. How can you be an orphan when you have a Father in God? As a potter, you might appreciate the allusion and understand the rest of the verse better than most. But as an orphan girl, you have to learn all about the first claim. Seek your Father, that he may heal you.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Royal Artisan