Quotes about Redemption

Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.

“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.

I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.

For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.