Quotes about Trust
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
— Jeremiah 35:19
Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
— Jeremiah 36:19
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
— Jeremiah 37:19
“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
— Jeremiah 38:5
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
— Jeremiah 38:8
“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
— Jeremiah 38:15
But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
— Jeremiah 38:19
“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
— Jeremiah 38:20
All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
— Jeremiah 38:22
Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
— Jeremiah 38:24
“Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
— Jeremiah 39:12
And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:
— Jeremiah 39:15