Quotes about Community
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
— Jeremiah 32:38
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
— Jeremiah 40:6
and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
— Jeremiah 42:8
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
— Jeremiah 50:4
The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
— Lamentations 5:14
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
— Ezekiel 3:5
They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
— Ezekiel 11:3
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
— Ezekiel 14:1
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
— Ezekiel 22:7
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
— Ezekiel 33:30
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
— Ezekiel 34:3
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
— Ezekiel 34:4