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λέγει — 725x G3004 λέγω
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V-PAI-3S
Occurrences: 725 times in 699 verses
Speech: Verb
Parsing: Present Active Indicative
3rd Person Singular
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - “This is what the LORD says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name that
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - He told them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob. Until now I have been living with Uncle Laban,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:13 - The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why are you beating up your friend?” Moses said to the one who had started the fight.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - So Moses went back home to Jethro, his father-in-law. “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt,” Moses said. “I don't even know if they are still alive.”
“Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:22 - Then you will tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - After this presentation to Israel's leaders, Moses and Aaron went and spoke to Pharaoh. They told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go so they may hold a festival in my honor in the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - So the slave drivers and foremen went out and told the people: “This is what Pharaoh says: I will not provide any more straw for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - So this is what the LORD says: “I will show you that I am the LORD.” Look! I will strike the water of the Nile with this staff in my hand, and the river will turn to blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:1 - [fn]Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh and announce to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:20 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand in Pharaoh's way as he goes down to the river. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:1 - “Go back to Pharaoh,” the LORD commanded Moses. “Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:13 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - Moses replied, “We will all go—young and old, our sons and daughters, and our flocks and herds. We must all join together in celebrating a festival to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28 - “Get out of here!” Pharaoh shouted at Moses. “I'm warning you. Never come back to see me again! The day you see my face, you will die!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:29 - “Very well,” Moses replied. “I will never see your face again.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:4 - Moses had announced to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD says: At midnight tonight I will pass through the heart of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - When Moses' father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - Moses replied, “Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2 - So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - When Joshua heard the boisterous noise of the people shouting below them, he exclaimed to Moses, “It sounds like war in the camp!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:18 - But Moses replied, “No, it's not a shout of victory nor the wailing of defeat. I hear the sound of a celebration.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - Moses told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:14 - The LORD replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:15 - Then Moses said, “If you don't personally go with us, don't make us leave this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:18 - Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:28 - Now tell them this: ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent ambassadors to the king of Edom with this message: “This is what your relatives, the people of Israel, say: You know all the hardships we have been through.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don't let anything stop you from coming to help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - Then the LORD gave the donkey the ability to speak. “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” it asked Balaam.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - “But I am the same donkey you have ridden all your life,” the donkey answered. “Have I ever done anything like this before?”
“No,” Balaam admitted.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:27 - But all who are able to bear arms will cross over to fight for the LORD, just as you have said.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:31 - The tribes of Gad and Reuben said again, “We are your servants, and we will do as the LORD has commanded!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:15 - The commander of the LORD's army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set apart for the LORD. You will never defeat your enemies until you remove these things from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - “The whole community of the LORD demands to know why you are betraying the God of Israel. How could you turn away from the LORD and build an altar for yourselves in rebellion against him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - Joshua said to the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River,[fn] and they worshiped other gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:27 - One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the LORD: “I revealed myself[fn] to your ancestors when the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 - Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - “This is what the LORD says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel spoke.
The Rock of Israel said to me:
‘The one who rules righteously,
who rules in the fear of God,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12 - “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - Benaiah went to the sacred tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king orders you to come out!”
But Joab answered, “No, I will die here.”
So Benaiah returned to the king and told him what Joab had said.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give ten of the tribes to you!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and went home, as the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - Then at the LORD's command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: You have defied the word of the LORD and have disobeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the LORD sends rain and the crops grow again!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:3 - ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and so are your wives and the best of your children!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:5 - Soon Ben-hadad's messengers returned again and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have already demanded that you give me your silver, gold, wives, and children.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:13 - Then a certain prophet came to see King Ahab of Israel and told him, “This is what the LORD says: Do you see all these enemy forces? Today I will hand them all over to you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - Ahab asked, “How will he do it?”
And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: The troops of the provincial commanders will do it.”
“Should we attack first?” Ahab asked.
“Yes,” the prophet answered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28 - Then the man of God went to the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: The Arameans have said, ‘The LORD is a god of the hills and not of the plains.' So I will defeat this vast army for you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they put on burlap and ropes, and they went to the king of Israel and begged, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live!'”
The king of Israel responded, “Is he still alive? He is my brother!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:42 - The prophet said to him, “This is what the LORD says: Because you have spared the man I said must be destroyed,[fn] now you must die in his place, and your people will die instead of his people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - Give him this message: ‘This is what the LORD says: Wasn't it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - So now the LORD says, ‘I will bring disaster on you and consume you. I will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11 - One of them, Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, made some iron horns and proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans to death!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - Now, therefore, this is what the LORD says: You will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'” So Elijah went to deliver the message.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 - So the king sent another captain with fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king demands that you come down at once.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And Elijah said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the LORD says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:16 - and he said, “This is what the LORD says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - You will see neither wind nor rain, says the LORD, but this valley will be filled with water. You will have plenty for yourselves and your cattle and other animals.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - “What?” his servant exclaimed. “Feed a hundred people with only this?”
But Elisha repeated, “Give it to the people so they can eat, for this is what the LORD says: Everyone will eat, and there will even be some left over!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Elisha replied, “Listen to this message from the LORD! This is what the LORD says: By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, five quarts of choice flour will cost only one piece of silver,[fn] and ten quarts of barley grain will cost only one piece of silver.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.' Then open the door and run for your life!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:6 - So Jehu left the others and went into the house. Then the young prophet poured the oil over Jehu's head and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anoint you king over the LORD's people, Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:12 - “You're hiding something,” they said. “Tell us.”
So Jehu told them, “He said to me, ‘This is what the LORD says: I have anointed you to be king over Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman went out to meet Jehu and said, “The king wants to know if you are coming in peace.”
Jehu replied, “What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”
The watchman called out to the king, “The messenger has met them, but he's not returning.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19 - So the king sent out a second horseman. He rode up to them and said, “The king wants to know if you come in peace.”
Again Jehu answered, “What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:19 - Then the Assyrian king's chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:29 - This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you from my power.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:20 - Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - “And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:
“His armies will not enter Jerusalem.
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:33 - The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:1 - About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12 - So this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of those who hear about it will tingle with horror.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:15 - She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:16 - ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city[fn] and its people. All the words written in the scroll that the king of Judah has read will come true.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:18 - “But go to the king of Judah who sent you to seek the LORD and tell him: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the message you have just heard:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - You were sorry and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I said against this city and its people—that this land would be cursed and become desolate. You tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10 - “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:11 - So Gad came to David and said, “These are the choices the LORD has given you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:10 - One of them, Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, made some iron horns and proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans to death!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:12 - Then Elijah the prophet wrote Jehoram this letter: “This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: You have not followed the good example of your father, Jehoshaphat, or your grandfather King Asa of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:20 - Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: Why do you disobey the LORD's commands and keep yourselves from prospering? You have abandoned the LORD, and now he has abandoned you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10 - “This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you think you can survive my siege of Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city[fn] and its people. All the curses written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah will come true.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:26 - “But go to the king of Judah who sent you to seek the LORD and tell him: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the message you have just heard:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of you who are the LORD's people may go there for this task. And may the LORD your God be with you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:1 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:1 - Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:1 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:1 - Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - And yet they say to God, ‘Go away.
We want no part of you and your ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:1 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:1 - Then Job spoke again:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:17 - No, I will say my piece.
I will speak my mind.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:1 - Then Elihu said:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:1 - Then Elihu said:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:1 - Elihu continued speaking:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:25 - It snorts at the sound of the horn.
It senses the battle in the distance.
It quivers at the captain's commands and the noise of battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:3 - Then Job replied to the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:1 - Then Job replied to the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:9 - The voice of the LORD twists mighty oaks[fn]
and strips the forests bare.
In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:21 - She calls to the crowds along the main street,
to those gathered in front of the city gate:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The lazy person claims, “There's a lion out there!
If I go outside, I might be killed!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The lazy person claims, “There's a lion on the road!
Yes, I'm sure there's a lion out there!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh contain this message.[fn]
I am weary, O God;
I am weary and worn out, O God.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 - My lover said to me,
“Rise up, my darling!
Come away with me, my fair one!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:11 - “What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?”
says the LORD.
“I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fattened cattle.
I get no pleasure from the blood
of bulls and lambs and goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - “Come now, let's settle this,”
says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
the Mighty One of Israel, says,
“I will take revenge on my enemies
and pay back my foes!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16 - The LORD says, “Beautiful Zion[fn] is haughty:
craning her elegant neck,
flirting with her eyes,
walking with dainty steps,
tinkling her ankle bracelets.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:7 - But this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“This invasion will never happen;
it will never take place;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 - The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - So this is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:22 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“I, myself, have risen against Babylon!
I will destroy its children and its children's children,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies has sworn this oath:
“It will all happen as I have planned.
It will be as I have decided.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortified towns of Israel[fn] will also be destroyed,
and the royal power of Damascus will end.
All that remains of Syria[fn]
will share the fate of Israel's departed glory,”
declares the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - Only a few of its people will be left,
like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest.
Only two or three remain in the highest branches,
four or five scattered here and there on the limbs,”
declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - I will hand Egypt over
to a hard, cruel master.
A fierce king will rule them,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:15 - This is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - But the LORD of Heaven's Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem,[fn]
a firm and tested stone.
It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on.
Whoever believes need never be shaken.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:22 - That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel,[fn]
“My people will no longer be ashamed
or turn pale with fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - “What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”
says the LORD.
“You make plans that are contrary to mine.
You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,
thus piling up your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - This is what the Sovereign LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - Even the strongest will quake with terror,
and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,”
says the LORD, whose fire burns in Zion,
whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:10 - But the LORD says: “Now I will stand up.
Now I will show my power and might.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:4 - Then the Assyrian king's chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14 - This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:21 - Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you prayed about King Sennacherib of Assyria,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - “And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:
“‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem.
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:34 - The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,'
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:1 - About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - “Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:6 - ‘The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:1 - “Comfort, comfort my people,”
says your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob,
don't be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you.
I am the LORD, your Redeemer.
I am the Holy One of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:21 - “Present the case for your idols,”
says the LORD.
“Let them show what they can do,”
says the King of Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out.
He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you.
O Israel, the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 - “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the LORD.
“You are my servant.
You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,
and understand that I alone am God.
There is no other God—
there never has been, and there never will be.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12 - First I predicted your rescue,
then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world.
No foreign god has ever done this.
You are witnesses that I am the only God,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:14 - This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon,
forcing the Babylonians[fn] to flee in those ships they are so proud of.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:16 - I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters,
making a dry path through the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - The LORD who made you and helps you says:
Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant,
O dear Israel,[fn] my chosen one.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:6 - This is what the LORD says—Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD of Heaven's Armies:
“I am the First and the Last;
there is no other God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:24 - This is what the LORD says—
your Redeemer and Creator:
“I am the LORD, who made all things.
I alone stretched out the heavens.
Who was with me
when I made the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - This is what the LORD says to Cyrus, his anointed one,
whose right hand he will empower.
Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear.
Their fortress gates will be opened,
never to shut again.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:11 - This is what the LORD says—
the Holy One of Israel and your Creator:
“Do you question what I do for my children?
Do you give me orders about the work of my hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - This is what the LORD says:
“You will rule the Egyptians,
the Ethiopians,[fn] and the Sabeans.
They will come to you with all their merchandise,
and it will all be yours.
They will follow you as prisoners in chains.
They will fall to their knees in front of you and say,
‘God is with you, and he is the only God.
There is no other.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For the LORD is God,
and he created the heavens and earth
and put everything in place.
He made the world to be lived in,
not to be a place of empty chaos.
“I am the LORD,” he says,
“and there is no other.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - This is what the LORD says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you what is good for you
and leads you along the paths you should follow.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:22 - “But there is no peace for the wicked,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen to me, all you in distant lands!
Pay attention, you who are far away!
The LORD called me before my birth;
from within the womb he called me by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now the LORD speaks—
the one who formed me in my mother's womb to be his servant,
who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.
The LORD has honored me,
and my God has given me strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - The LORD, the Redeemer
and Holy One of Israel,
says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations,
to the one who is the servant of rulers:
“Kings will stand at attention when you pass by.
Princes will also bow low
because of the LORD, the faithful one,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:8 - This is what the LORD says:
“At just the right time, I will respond to you.[fn]
On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel
and assign it to its own people again.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 - Look around you and see,
for all your children will come back to you.
As surely as I live,” says the LORD,
“they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“See, I will give a signal to the godless nations.
They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms;
they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:25 - But the LORD says,
“The captives of warriors will be released,
and the plunder of tyrants will be retrieved.
For I will fight those who fight you,
and I will save your children.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“Was your mother sent away because I divorced her?
Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors?
No, you were sold because of your sins.
And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - This is what the Sovereign LORD,
your God and Defender, says:
“See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands.
You will drink no more of my fury.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:3 - For this is what the LORD says:
“When I sold you into exile,
I received no payment.
Now I can redeem you
without having to pay for you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:5 - What is this?” asks the LORD. “Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is blasphemed all day long.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 - But in that coming day
no weapon turned against you will succeed.
You will silence every voice
raised up to accuse you.
These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD;
their vindication will come from me.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:8 - “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“Be just and fair to all.
Do what is right and good,
for I am coming soon to rescue you
and to display my righteousness among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4 - For this is what the LORD says:
I will bless those eunuchs
who keep my Sabbath days holy
and who choose to do what pleases me
and commit their lives to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - both for their own sins
and for those of their ancestors,”
says the LORD.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills.
I will pay them back in full!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8 - “But I will not destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones
(and someone will say, ‘Don't throw them all away—
some of those grapes are good!'),
so I will not destroy all Israel.
For I still have true servants there.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“My servants will eat,
but you will starve.
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty.
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be sad and ashamed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb will feed together.
The lion will eat hay like a cow.
But the snakes will eat dust.
In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?
Could you build me such a resting place?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:2 - My hands have made both heaven and earth;
they and everything in them are mine.[fn]
I, the LORD, have spoken!
“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
who tremble at my word.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity.
The wealth of the nations will flow to her.
Her children will be nursed at her breasts,
carried in her arms, and held on her lap.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:22 - “As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain,
so will you always be my people,
with a name that will never disappear,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:8 - And don't be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - Listen! I am calling the armies of the kingdoms of the north to come to Jerusalem. I, the LORD, have spoken!
“They will set their thrones
at the gates of the city.
They will attack its walls
and all the other towns of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - “Get up and prepare for action.
Go out and tell them everything I tell you to say.
Do not be afraid of them,
or I will make you look foolish in front of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - “Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the LORD says:
“I remember how eager you were to please me
as a young bride long ago,
how you loved me and followed me
even through the barren wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - This is what the LORD says:
“What did your ancestors find wrong with me
that led them to stray so far from me?
They worshiped worthless idols,
only to become worthless themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:9 - Therefore, I will bring my case against you,”
says the LORD.
“I will even bring charges against your children's children
in the years to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:12 - The heavens are shocked at such a thing
and shrink back in horror and dismay,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:17 - And you have brought this upon yourselves
by rebelling against the LORD your God,
even though he was leading you on the way!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Your wickedness will bring its own punishment.
Your turning from me will shame you.
You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is
to abandon the LORD your God and not to fear him.
I, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:22 - No amount of soap or lye can make you clean.
I still see the stain of your guilt.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:29 - Why do you accuse me of doing wrong?
You are the ones who have rebelled,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:31 - “O my people, listen to the words of the LORD!
Have I been like a desert to Israel?
Have I been to them a land of darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God!
We don't need him anymore!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:1 - “If a man divorces a woman
and she goes and marries someone else,
he will not take her back again,
for that would surely corrupt the land.
But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers,
so why are you trying to come back to me?”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel.[fn] This is what the LORD says:
“O Israel, my faithless people,
come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
I will not be angry with you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt.
Admit that you rebelled against the LORD your God
and committed adultery against him
by worshiping idols under every green tree.
Confess that you refused to listen to my voice.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 - “Return home, you wayward children,”
says the LORD,
“for I am your master.
I will bring you back to the land of Israel[fn]
one from this town and two from that family—
from wherever you are scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:16 - “And when your land is once more filled with people,” says the LORD, “you will no longer wish for ‘the good old days' when you possessed the Ark of the LORD's Covenant. You will not miss those days or even remember them, and there will be no need to rebuild the Ark.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 - But you have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel!
You have been like a faithless wife who leaves her husband.
I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1 - “O Israel,” says the LORD,
“if you wanted to return to me, you could.
You could throw away your detestable idols
and stray away no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:
“Plow up the hard ground of your hearts!
Do not waste your good seed among thorns.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9 - “In that day,” says the LORD,
“the king and the officials will tremble in fear.
The priests will be struck with horror,
and the prophets will be appalled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - They surround Jerusalem like watchmen around a field,
for my people have rebelled against me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 - This is what the LORD says:
“The whole land will be ruined,
but I will not destroy it completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - “Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the LORD.
“Look high and low; search throughout the city!
If you can find even one just and honest person,
I will not destroy the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:9 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:11 - The people of Israel and Judah
are full of treachery against me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:14 - Therefore, this is what the LORD God of Heaven's Armies says:
“Because the people are talking like this,
my messages will flame out of your mouth
and burn the people like kindling wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 - O Israel, I will bring a distant nation against you,”
says the LORD.
“It is a mighty nation,
an ancient nation,
a people whose language you do not know,
whose speech you cannot understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18 - “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Have you no respect for me?
Why don't you tremble in my presence?
I, the LORD, define the ocean's sandy shoreline
as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:6 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“Cut down the trees for battering rams.
Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished,
for she is wicked through and through.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“Even the few who remain in Israel
will be picked over again,
as when a harvester checks each vine a second time
to pick the grapes that were missed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:12 - Their homes will be turned over to their enemies,
as will their fields and their wives.
For I will raise my powerful fist
against the people of this land,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 - This is what the LORD says:
“Stop at the crossroads and look around.
Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it.
Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls.
But you reply, ‘No, that's not the road we want!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says:
“I will put obstacles in my people's path.
Fathers and sons will both fall over them.
Neighbors and friends will die together.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22 - This is what the LORD says:
“Look! A great army coming from the north!
A great nation is rising against you from far-off lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says:
“‘Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - Don't you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:19 - Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the LORD. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:21 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Take your burnt offerings and your other sacrifices and eat them yourselves!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:30 - “The people of Judah have sinned before my very eyes,” says the LORD. “They have set up their abominable idols right in the Temple that bears my name, defiling it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:32 - So beware, for the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the bodies in Topheth until there is no more room for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:1 - “In that day,” says the LORD, “the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Judah, and the graves of the priests, prophets, and common people of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:4 - “Jeremiah, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD says:
“‘When people fall down, don't they get up again?
When they discover they're on the wrong road, don't they turn back?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:13 - I will surely consume them.
There will be no more harvests of figs and grapes.
Their fruit trees will all die.
Whatever I gave them will soon be gone.
I, the LORD, have spoken!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“See, I will melt them down in a crucible
and test them like metal.
What else can I do with my people?[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - So now, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:17 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“Consider all this, and call for the mourners.
Send for the women who mourn at funerals.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23 - This is what the LORD says:
“Don't let the wise boast in their wisdom,
or the powerful boast in their power,
or the rich boast in their riches.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24 - But those who wish to boast
should boast in this alone:
that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD
who demonstrates unfailing love
and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:25 - “A time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Do not act like the other nations,
who try to read their future in the stars.
Do not be afraid of their predictions,
even though other nations are terrified by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For this is what the LORD says:
“Suddenly, I will fling out
all you who live in this land.
I will pour great troubles upon you,
and at last you will feel my anger.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is anyone who does not obey the terms of my covenant!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - This is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the LORD's name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14 - Now this is what the LORD says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for the possession I gave my people Israel. And I will uproot Judah from among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:1 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it on, but do not wash it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9 - “This is what the LORD says: This shows how I will rot away the pride of Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13 - “Then tell them, ‘No, this is what the LORD means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkenness—from the king sitting on David's throne to the priests and the prophets, right down to the common people of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:25 - This is your allotment,
the portion I have assigned to you,”
says the LORD,
“for you have forgotten me,
putting your trust in false gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - So this is what the LORD says to his people:
“You love to wander far from me
and do not restrain yourselves.
Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people.
Now I will remember all your wickedness
and will punish you for your sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I will punish these lying prophets, for they have spoken in my name even though I never sent them. They say that no war or famine will come, but they themselves will die by war and famine!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - And if they say to you, ‘But where can we go?' tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says:
“‘Those who are destined for death, to death;
those who are destined for war, to war;
those who are destined for famine, to famine;
those who are destined for captivity, to captivity.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - “I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the LORD. “I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - You have abandoned me
and turned your back on me,”
says the LORD.
“Therefore, I will raise my fist to destroy you.
I am tired of always giving you another chance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:19 - This is how the LORD responds:
“If you return to me, I will restore you
so you can continue to serve me.
If you speak good words rather than worthless ones,
you will be my spokesman.
You must influence them;
do not let them influence you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:1 - The LORD gave me another message. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:3 - For this is what the LORD says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - This is what the LORD says: “Do not go to funerals to mourn and show sympathy for these people, for I have removed my protection and peace from them. I have taken away my unfailing love and my mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:11 - “Then you will give them the LORD's reply: ‘It is because your ancestors were unfaithful to me. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:14 - “But the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when people who are taking an oath will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - “But now I am sending for many fishermen who will catch them,” says the LORD. “I am sending for hunters who will hunt them down in the mountains, hills, and caves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:19 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand in the gates of Jerusalem, first in the gate where the king goes in and out, and then in each of the other gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - This is what the LORD says: Listen to my warning! Stop carrying on your trade at Jerusalem's gates on the Sabbath day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - “‘But if you obey me, says the LORD, and do not carry on your trade at the gates or work on the Sabbath day, and if you keep it holy,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 - So this is what the LORD says:
“Has anyone ever heard of such a thing,
even among the pagan nations?
My virgin daughter Israel
has done something terrible!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - Say to them, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6 - So beware, for the time is coming, says the LORD, when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - Then say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:12 - This is what I will do to this place and its people, says the LORD. I will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to me.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:4 - For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watch as they are slaughtered by the swords of the enemy. I will hand the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will take them captive to Babylon or run them through with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will make your weapons useless against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[fn] who are outside your walls attacking you. In fact, I will bring your enemies right into the heart of this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8 - “Tell all the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: Take your choice of life or death!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - This is what the LORD says to the dynasty of David:
“‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge!
Help those who have been robbed;
rescue them from their oppressors.
Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire
because of all your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:1 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:5 - But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the LORD, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:6 - Now this is what the LORD says concerning Judah's royal palace:
“I love you as much as fruitful Gilead
and the green forests of Lebanon.
But I will turn you into a desert,
with no one living within your walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - For this is what the LORD says about Jehoahaz,[fn] who succeeded his father, King Josiah, and was taken away as a captive: “He will never return.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:16 - He gave justice and help to the poor and needy,
and everything went well for him.
Isn't that what it means to know me?”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah:
“The people will not mourn for him, crying to one another,
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!'
His subjects will not mourn for him, crying,
‘Alas, our master is dead! Alas, his splendor is gone!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:24 - “As surely as I live,” says the LORD, “I will abandon you, Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: “Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4 - Then I will appoint responsible shepherds who will care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one will be lost or missing. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 - “For the time is coming,”
says the LORD,
“when I will raise up a righteous descendant[fn]
from King David's line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:7 - “In that day,” says the LORD, “when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says concerning the prophets:
“I will feed them with bitterness
and give them poison to drink.
For it is because of Jerusalem's prophets
that wickedness has filled this land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says to his people:
“Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you,
filling you with futile hopes.
They are making up everything they say.
They do not speak for the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:23 - Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the LORD.
“No, I am far away at the same time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:24 - Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “Let these false prophets tell their dreams,
but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word.
There is a difference between straw and grain!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:29 - Does not my word burn like fire?”
says the LORD.
“Is it not like a mighty hammer
that smashes a rock to pieces?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30 - “Therefore,” says the LORD, “I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - “Suppose one of the people or one of the prophets or priests asks you, ‘What prophecy has the LORD burdened you with now?' You must reply, ‘You are the burden![fn] The LORD says he will abandon you!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:38 - But suppose they respond, ‘This is a prophecy from the LORD!' Then you should say, ‘This is what the LORD says: Because you have used this phrase, “prophecy from the LORD,” even though I warned you not to use it,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent the exiles I sent from Judah to the land of the Babylonians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - “But the bad figs,” the LORD said, “represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:8 - And now the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Because you have not listened to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth,
for the LORD will bring his case against all the nations.
He will judge all the people of the earth,
slaughtering the wicked with the sword.
I, the LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:22 - ‘They will all be carried away to Babylon and will stay there until I send for them,' says the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back to Jerusalem again.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:4 - “‘But listen to this promise from the LORD, O Zedekiah, king of Judah. This is what the LORD says: You will not be killed in war
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:13 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: Go and say to the people in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Come and learn a lesson about how to obey me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:5 - Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don't do it! I will bring great disaster upon all these people; but I will give you your life as a reward wherever you go. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - But what do I see?
The Egyptian army flees in terror.
The bravest of its fighting men run
without a backward glance.
They are terrorized at every turn,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:18 - “As surely as I live,” says the King,
whose name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
“one is coming against Egypt
who is as tall as Mount Tabor,
or as Mount Carmel by the sea!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They will cut down her people like trees,” says the LORD,
“for they are more numerous than locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant,
for I am with you,” says the LORD.
“I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you, but with justice;
I cannot let you go unpunished.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“A flood is coming from the north
to overflow the land.
It will destroy the land and everything in it—
cities and people alike.
People will scream in terror,
and everyone in the land will wail.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - This message was given concerning Edom. This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“Is there no wisdom in Teman?
Is no one left to give wise counsel?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:13 - For I have sworn by my own name,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins; it will be mocked and cursed. All its towns and villages will be desolate forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“I will destroy the archers of Elam—
the best of their forces.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 - But I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18 - Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
the God of Israel, says:
“Now I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,
just as I punished the king of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20 - In those days,” says the LORD,
“no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah,
for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 - “Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim
and against the people of Pekod.
Pursue, kill, and completely destroy[fn] them,
as I have commanded you,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31 - “See, I am your enemy, you arrogant people,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“Your day of reckoning has arrived—
the day when I will punish you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged.
Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon
and the people of Babylonia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24 - “I will repay Babylon
and the people of Babylonia[fn]
for all the wrong they have done
to my people in Jerusalem,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - You will be desolate forever.
Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
the God of Israel, says:
“Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor,
about to be trampled.
In just a little while
her harvest will begin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - This is what the LORD says to Jerusalem:
“I will be your lawyer to plead your case,
and I will avenge you.
I will dry up her river,
as well as her springs,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - And while they lie inflamed with all their wine,
I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.
I will make them drink until they fall asleep,
and they will never wake up again,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:52 - “Yes,” says the LORD, “but the time is coming
when I will destroy Babylon's idols.
The groans of her wounded people
will be heard throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 - Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens
and makes her fortifications incredibly strong,
I will still send enemies to plunder her.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - I will make her officials and wise men drunk,
along with her captains, officers, and warriors.
They will fall asleep
and never wake up again!”
says the King, whose name is
the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,
and her massive gates will be burned.
The builders from many lands have worked in vain,
for their work will be destroyed by fire!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:4 - They are a stubborn and hard-hearted people. But I am sending you to say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:11 - Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Do this whether they listen to you or not.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:27 - But when I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Those who choose to listen will listen, but those who refuse will refuse, for they are rebels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:13 - Then the LORD said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:5 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is an illustration of what will happen to Jerusalem. I placed her at the center of the nations,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:7 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You people have behaved worse than your neighbors and have refused to obey my decrees and regulations. You have not even lived up to the standards of the nations around you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8 - Therefore, I myself, the Sovereign LORD, am now your enemy. I will punish you publicly while all the nations watch.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - Proclaim this message from the Sovereign LORD against the mountains of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring war upon you, and I will smash your pagan shrines.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands in horror, and stamp your feet. Cry out because of all the detestable sins the people of Israel have committed. Now they are going to die from war and famine and disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:2 - “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel:
“The end is here!
Wherever you look—
east, west, north, or south—
your land is finished.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:5 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
Disaster after disaster
is coming your way!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:5 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say, “This is what the LORD says to the people of Israel: I know what you are saying, for I know every thought that comes into your minds.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: This city is an iron pot all right, but the pieces of meat are the victims of your injustice. As for you, I will soon drag you from this pot.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:8 - I will bring on you the sword of war you so greatly fear, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - “Therefore, tell the exiles, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:17 - I, the Sovereign LORD, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:21 - But as for those who long for vile images and detestable idols, I will repay them fully for their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:10 - Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: These actions contain a message for King Zedekiah in Jerusalem[fn] and for all the people of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says concerning those living in Israel and Jerusalem: They will eat their food with trembling and sip their water in despair, for their land will be stripped bare because of their violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:23 - Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will put an end to this proverb, and you will soon stop quoting it.' Now give them this new proverb to replace the old one: ‘The time has come for every prophecy to be fulfilled!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:25 - For I am the LORD! If I say it, it will happen. There will be no more delays, you rebels of Israel. I will fulfill my threat of destruction in your own lifetime. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:28 - Therefore, tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No more delay! I will now do everything I have threatened. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - Instead, they have told lies and made false predictions. They say, ‘This message is from the LORD,' even though the LORD never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because what you say is false and your visions are a lie, I will stand against you, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16 - They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against all your magic charms, which you use to ensnare my people like birds. I will tear them from your arms, setting my people free like birds set free from a cage.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4 - Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the LORD, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:6 - “Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:14 - Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if those three men were there, they wouldn't be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be made desolate.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:18 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if those three men were there, they wouldn't be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:20 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn't be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:23 - When you meet them and see their behavior, you will understand that these things are not being done to Israel without cause. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:8 - And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:8 - And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:14 - Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:19 - Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:23 - “What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 - “What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[fn] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43 - But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign LORD. For you have added lewd acts to all your detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58 - This is your punishment for all your lewdness and detestable sins, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:63 - You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers,
covered with many-colored plumage,
came to Lebanon.
He seized the top of a cedar tree
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “So now the Sovereign LORD asks:
Will this vine grow and prosper?
No! I will pull it up, roots and all!
I will cut off its fruit
and let its leaves wither and die.
I will pull it up easily
without a strong arm or a large army.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - No! For as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, the king of Israel will die in Babylon, the land of the king who put him in power and whose treaty he disregarded and broke.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19 - “So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:22 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take a branch from the top of a tall cedar, and I will plant it on the top of Israel's highest mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:3 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb anymore in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - and faithfully obeys my decrees and regulations. Anyone who does these things is just and will surely live, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - “Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:30 - “Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don't let them destroy you!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:3 - “Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: How dare you come to ask me for a message? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will tell you nothing!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel—when I revealed myself to the descendants of Jacob in Egypt—I took a solemn oath that I, the LORD, would be their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:27 - “Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your ancestors continued to blaspheme and betray me,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Do you plan to pollute yourselves just as your ancestors did? Do you intend to keep prostituting yourselves by worshiping vile images?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:31 - For when you offer gifts to them and give your little children to be burned as sacrifices,[fn] you continue to pollute yourselves with idols to this day. Should I allow you to ask for a message from me, O people of Israel? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will tell you nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:33 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will rule over you with an iron fist in great anger and with awesome power.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36 - I will judge you there just as I did your ancestors in the wilderness after bringing them out of Egypt, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:39 - “As for you, O people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go right ahead and worship your idols, but sooner or later you will obey me and will stop bringing shame on my holy name by worshiping idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - For on my holy mountain, the great mountain of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD, the people of Israel will someday worship me, and I will accept them. There I will require that you bring me all your offerings and choice gifts and sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:44 - You will know that I am the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you mercifully in spite of your wickedness. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Hear the word of the LORD! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - When they ask why you are groaning, tell them, ‘I groan because of the terrifying news I have heard. When it comes true, the boldest heart will melt with fear; all strength will disappear. Every spirit will faint; strong knees will become as weak as water. And the Sovereign LORD says: It is coming! It's on its way!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - “Son of man, give the people this message from the Lord:
“A sword, a sword
is being sharpened and polished.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - It will put them all to the test.
What chance do they have?[fn]
says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:24 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Again and again you remind me of your sin and your guilt. You don't even try to hide it! In everything you do, your sins are obvious for all to see. So now the time of your punishment has come!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“Take off your jeweled crown,
for the old order changes.
Now the lowly will be exalted,
and the mighty will be brought down.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - “And now, son of man, prophesy concerning the Ammonites and their mockery. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“A sword, a sword
is drawn for your slaughter.
It is polished to destroy,
flashing like lightning!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - and give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: O city of murderers, doomed and damned—city of idols,[fn] filthy and foul—
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:12 - There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - So tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions and making lying predictions. They say, ‘My message is from the Sovereign LORD,' when the LORD hasn't spoken a single word to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:31 - So now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them with the fire of my anger. I will heap on their heads the full penalty for all their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:22 - “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction—those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28 - “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - “Yes, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“You will drink from your sister's cup of terror,
a cup that is large and deep.
It is filled to the brim
with scorn and derision.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:34 - You will drain that cup of terror
to the very bottom.
Then you will smash it to pieces
and beat your breast in anguish.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - “And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:46 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - Then give these rebels an illustration with this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“Put a pot on the fire,
and pour in some water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
the city of murderers!
She is a cooking pot
whose corruption can't be cleaned out.
Take the meat out in random order,
for no piece is better than another.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
the city of murderers!
I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 - “I, the LORD, have spoken! The time has come, and I won't hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - and I was told to give this message to the people of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will defile my Temple, the source of your security and pride, the place your heart delights in. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind in Judea will be slaughtered by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign LORD: Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD! Because you cheered when my Temple was defiled, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:6 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because the people of Moab have said that Judah is just like all the other nations,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Edom have sinned greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - Therefore, says the Sovereign LORD, I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland of everything from Teman to Dedan.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14 - I will accomplish this by the hand of my people of Israel. They will carry out my vengeance with anger, and Edom will know that this vengeance is from me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will raise my fist of judgment against the land of the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites and utterly destroy the people who live by the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:5 - It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD. Tyre will become the prey of many nations,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: From the north I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon against Tyre. He is king of kings and brings his horses, chariots, charioteers, and great army.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:14 - I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign LORD has spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will make Tyre an uninhabited ruin, like many others. I will bury you beneath the terrible waves of enemy attack. Great seas will swallow you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:21 - I will bring you to a terrible end, and you will exist no more. You will be looked for, but you will never again be found. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You boasted, O Tyre,
‘My beauty is perfect!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - “Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!
I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.'
But you are only a man and not a god,
though you boast that you are a god.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:6 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
Because you think you are as wise as a god,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:10 - You will die like an outcast[fn]
at the hands of foreigners.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:12 - “Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You were the model of perfection,
full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22 - Give the people of Sidon this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“I am your enemy, O Sidon,
and I will reveal my glory by what I do to you.
When I bring judgment against you
and reveal my holiness among you,
everyone watching will know
that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt—
you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile.
For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine;
I made it for myself.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will bring an army against you, O Egypt, and destroy both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:13 - “But this is what the Sovereign LORD also says: At the end of the forty years I will bring the Egyptians home again from the nations to which they have been scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, plundering everything it has so he can pay his army.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20 - Yes, I have given him the land of Egypt as a reward for his work, says the Sovereign LORD, because he was working for me when he destroyed Tyre.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2 - “Son of man, prophesy and give this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“Weep and wail
for that day,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - “For this is what the LORD says:
All of Egypt's allies will fall,
and the pride of her power will end.
From Migdol to Aswan[fn]
they will be slaughtered by the sword,
says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:10 - “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
By the power of King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon,
I will destroy the hordes of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I will smash the idols[fn] of Egypt
and the images at Memphis.[fn]
There will be no rulers left in Egypt;
terror will sweep the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am the enemy of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt! I will break both of his arms—the good arm along with the broken one—and I will make his sword clatter to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:10 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Egypt[fn] became proud and arrogant, and because it set itself so high above the others, with its top reaching to the clouds,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Assyria went down to the grave,[fn] I made the deep springs mourn. I stopped its rivers and dried up its abundant water. I clothed Lebanon in black and caused the trees of the field to wilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - “O Egypt, to which of the trees of Eden will you compare your strength and glory? You, too, will be brought down to the depths with all these other nations. You will lie there among the outcasts[fn] who have died by the sword. This will be the fate of Pharaoh and all his hordes. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:3 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I will send many people
to catch you in my net
and haul you out of the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - I will darken the bright stars overhead
and cover your land in darkness.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:11 - For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“The sword of the king of Babylon
will come against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:14 - Then I will let the waters of Egypt become calm again,
and they will flow as smoothly as olive oil,
says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16 - Yes, this is the funeral song
they will sing for Egypt.
Let all the nations mourn.
Let them mourn for Egypt and its hordes.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:31 - “When Pharaoh and his entire army arrive, he will take comfort that he is not alone in having his hordes killed, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:32 - Although I have caused his terror to fall upon all the living, Pharaoh and his hordes will lie there among the outcasts who were slaughtered by the sword. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:25 - So tell these people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You eat meat with blood in it, you worship idols,[fn] and you murder the innocent. Do you really think the land should be yours?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: What sorrow awaits you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn't shepherds feed their sheep?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search and find my sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “And as for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to his people: I will judge between one animal of the flock and another, separating the sheep from the goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:30 - In this way, they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them. And they will know that they, the people of Israel, are my people, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:31 - You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“I am your enemy, O Mount Seir,
and I will raise my fist against you
to destroy you completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:6 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:11 - Therefore, as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will pay back your angry deeds with my own. I will punish you for all your acts of anger, envy, and hatred. And I will make myself known to Israel[fn] by what I do to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:14 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The whole world will rejoice when I make you desolate.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - “Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am furious that you have suffered shame before the surrounding nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The other nations taunt you, saying, ‘Israel is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:15 - I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them. You will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says the Sovereign LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:22 - “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:32 - But remember, says the Sovereign LORD, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:33 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am ready to hear Israel's prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:12 - Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:14 - I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the LORD has spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of wood in my hand.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21 - And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3 - Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: Gog, I am your enemy!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:10 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - “Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:17 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel's prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:18 - But this is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:21 - I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD. Your men will turn their swords against each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - “Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:5 - You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:8 - That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign LORD. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - They won't need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:13 - Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17 - “And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:20 - Feast at my banquet table—feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - “So now, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will end the captivity of my people[fn]; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:29 - And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for the burning of offerings and the sprinkling of blood when the altar is built.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:19 - At that time, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who minister before me, are to be given a young bull for a sin offering, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - On the eighth day, and on each day afterward, the priests will sacrifice on the altar the burnt offerings and peace offerings of the people. Then I will accept you. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:6 - And give these rebels, the people of Israel, this message from the Sovereign LORD: O people of Israel, enough of your detestable sins!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 - “So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigners, including those who live among the people of Israel, will enter my sanctuary if they have not been circumcised and have not surrendered themselves to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:12 - But they encouraged my people to worship idols, causing Israel to fall into deep sin. So I have taken a solemn oath that they must bear the consequences for their sins, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - “However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27 - The first day he returns to work and enters the inner courtyard and the sanctuary, he must offer a sin offering for himself, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land. Stop expelling them from their homes, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - and one sheep or goat for every 200 in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for the people who bring them, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:18 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In early spring, on the first day of each new year,[fn] sacrifice a young bull with no defects to purify the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:1 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The east gateway of the inner courtyard will be closed during the six workdays each week, but it will be open on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:16 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: If the prince gives a gift of land to one of his sons as his inheritance, it will belong to him and his descendants forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Divide the land in this way for the twelve tribes of Israel: The descendants of Joseph will be given two shares of land.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:23 - These foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:29 - “These are the allotments that will be set aside for each tribe's exclusive possession. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel replied, “There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king's secret.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 - I will punish her for all those times
when she burned incense to her images of Baal,
when she put on her earrings and jewels
and went out to look for her lovers
but forgot all about me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:16 - When that day comes,” says the LORD,
“you will call me ‘my husband'
instead of ‘my master.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:21 - “In that day, I will answer,”
says the LORD.
“I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds.
And the sky will answer the earth with rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 - That is why the LORD says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - I will break down the gates of Damascus
and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven.
I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
selling them as slaves to Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - I will slaughter the people of Ashdod
and destroy the king of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn to attack Ekron,
and the few Philistines still left will be killed,”
says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,
selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Ammon have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
When they attacked Gilead to extend their borders,
they ripped open pregnant women with their swords.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:15 - And their king[fn] and his princes will go into exile together,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Moab have sinned again and again,[fn]
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They desecrated the bones of Edom's king,
burning them to ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:3 - And I will destroy their king
and slaughter all their princes,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Judah have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They have rejected the instruction of the LORD,
refusing to obey his decrees.
They have been led astray by the same lies
that deceived their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Israel have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sell honorable people for silver
and poor people for a pair of sandals.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11 - I chose some of your sons to be prophets
and others to be Nazirites.
Can you deny this, my people of Israel?”
asks the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:16 - On that day the most courageous of your fighting men
will drop their weapons and run for their lives,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - “My people have forgotten how to do right,”
says the LORD.
“Their fortresses are filled with wealth
taken by theft and violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 - Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“an enemy is coming!
He will surround them and shatter their defenses.
Then he will plunder all their fortresses.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion's mouth
will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear.
So it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds,
and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:13 - “Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel,[fn]” says the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy—
their winter mansions and their summer houses, too—
all their palaces filled with ivory,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - You will be led out through the ruins of the wall;
you will be thrown from your fortresses,[fn]
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:5 - Present your bread made with yeast
as an offering of thanksgiving.
Then give your extra voluntary offerings
so you can brag about it everywhere!
This is the kind of thing you Israelites love to do,”
says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6 - “I brought hunger to every city
and famine to every town.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - People staggered from town to town looking for water,
but there was never enough.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:9 - “I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:10 - “I sent plagues on you
like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
and led all your horses away.[fn]
The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - “I destroyed some of your cities,
as I destroyed[fn] Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those of you who survived
were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:3 - The Sovereign LORD says:
“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,
only a hundred will return.
When a town sends a hundred,
only ten will come back alive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:4 - Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel:
“Come back to me and live!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 - Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven's Armies, says:
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:27 - So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus,[fn]” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:3 - So the LORD relented from this plan. “I will not do it,” he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:6 - Then the LORD relented from this plan, too. “I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:11 - He is saying, ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed, and the people of Israel will be sent away into exile.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - But this is what the LORD says:
‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city,
and your sons and daughters will be killed.
Your land will be divided up,
and you yourself will die in a foreign land.
And the people of Israel will certainly become captives in exile,
far from their homeland.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - In that day the singing in the Temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:9 - “In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth while it is still day.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 - “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread or water
but of hearing the words of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:7 - “Are you Israelites more important to me
than the Ethiopians?[fn]” asks the LORD.
“I brought Israel out of Egypt,
but I also brought the Philistines from Crete[fn]
and led the Arameans out of Kir.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - “I, the Sovereign LORD,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,[fn]
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:12 - And Israel will possess what is left of Edom
and all the nations I have called to be mine.[fn]
The LORD has spoken,
and he will do these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:13 - “The time will come,” says the LORD,
“when the grain and grapes will grow faster
than they can be harvested.
Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel
will drip with sweet wine!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:15 - I will firmly plant them there
in their own land.
They will never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them,”
says the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - This is the vision that the Sovereign LORD revealed to Obadiah concerning the land of Edom.
We have heard a message from the LORD
that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say,
“Get ready, everyone!
Let's assemble our armies and attack Edom!”
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - But even if you soar as high as eagles
and build your nest among the stars,
I will bring you crashing down,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:8 - At that time not a single wise person
will be left in the whole land of Edom,”
says the LORD.
“For on the mountains of Edom
I will destroy everyone who has understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 - But this is what the LORD says:
“I will reward your evil with evil;
you won't be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
You will no longer walk around proudly,
for it will be a terrible time.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - This is what the LORD says:
“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:6 - “In that coming day,” says the LORD,
“I will gather together those who are lame,
those who have been exiles,
and those whom I have filled with grief.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:10 - “In that day,” says the LORD,
“I will slaughter your horses
and destroy your chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“Though the Assyrians have many allies,
they will be destroyed and disappear.
O my people, I have punished you before,
but I will not punish you again.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - “I am your enemy!”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“Your chariots will soon go up in smoke.
Your young men[fn] will be killed in battle.
Never again will you plunder conquered nations.
The voices of your proud messengers will be heard no more.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:5 - “I am your enemy!”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“And now I will lift your skirts
and show all the earth your nakedness and shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - You brandished your bow
and your quiver of arrows.
You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:2 - “I will sweep away everything
from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - “I will sweep away people and animals alike.
I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea.
I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble,[fn]
and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10 - “On that day,” says the LORD,
“a cry of alarm will come from the Fish Gate
and echo throughout the New Quarter of the city.[fn]
And a great crash will sound from the hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Now, as surely as I live,”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - Therefore, be patient,” says the LORD.
“Soon I will stand and accuse these evil nations.
For I have decided to gather the kingdoms of the earth
and pour out my fiercest anger and fury on them.
All the earth will be devoured
by the fire of my jealousy.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:19 - And I will deal severely with all who have oppressed you.
I will save the weak and helpless ones;
I will bring together
those who were chased away.
I will give glory and fame to my former exiles,
wherever they have been mocked and shamed.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:20 - On that day I will gather you together
and bring you home again.
I will give you a good name, a name of distinction,
among all the nations of the earth,
as I restore your fortunes before their very eyes.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:2 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:5 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Look at what's happening to you!
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:7 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Look at what's happening to you!
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, while all of you are busy building your own fine houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:13 - Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, gave the people this message from the LORD: “I am with you, says the LORD!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:4 - But now the LORD says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:8 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:9 - The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:11 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says. Ask the priests this question about the law:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:14 - Then Haggai responded, “That is how it is with this people and this nation, says the LORD. Everything they do and everything they offer is defiled by their sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:17 - I sent blight and mildew and hail to destroy everything you worked so hard to produce. Even so, you refused to return to me, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - “But when this happens, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, I will honor you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant. I will make you like a signet ring on my finger, says the LORD, for I have chosen you. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:3 - Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:4 - Don't be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - Then the angel said to me, “Shout this message for all to hear: ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: My love for Jerusalem and Mount Zion is passionate and strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16 - “‘Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I have returned to show mercy to Jerusalem. My Temple will be rebuilt, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, and measurements will be taken for the reconstruction of Jerusalem.[fn]'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Say this also: ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: The towns of Israel will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem as his own.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:5 - Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6 - The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:8 - After a period of glory, the LORD of Heaven's Armies sent me[fn] against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:10 - The LORD says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem,[fn] for I am coming to live among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: If you follow my ways and carefully serve me, then you will be given authority over my Temple and its courtyards. I will let you walk among these others standing here.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - Now look at the jewel I have set before Jeshua, a single stone with seven facets.[fn] I will engrave an inscription on it, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, and I will remove the sins of this land in a single day.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:10 - “And on that day, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, each of you will invite your neighbor to sit with you peacefully under your own grapevine and fig tree.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6 - Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - And this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:13 - “Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: My love for Mount Zion is passionate and strong; I am consumed with passion for Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3 - “And now the LORD says: I am returning to Mount Zion, and I will live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City; the mountain of the LORD of Heaven's Armies will be called the Holy Mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Once again old men and women will walk Jerusalem's streets with their canes and will sit together in the city squares.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:6 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small remnant of God's people. But is it impossible for me? says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the east and from the west.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Be strong and finish the task! Ever since the laying of the foundation of the Temple of the LORD of Heaven's Armies, you have heard what the prophets have been saying about completing the building.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:11 - “But now I will not treat the remnant of my people as I treated them before, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 - “For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me, and I did not change my mind, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - Don't scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter[fn] are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. So love truth and peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:20 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:23 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:12 - By my power[fn] I will make my people strong,
and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - This is what the LORD my God says: “Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the LORD. “I will let them fall into each other's hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 - This[fn] message concerning the fate of Israel came from the LORD: “This message is from the LORD, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - “On that day,” says the LORD, “I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:2 - “And on that day,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 - “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
the man who is my partner,”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“Strike down the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,
and I will turn against the lambs.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - Two-thirds of the people in the land
will be cut off and die,” says the LORD.
“But one-third will be left in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:2 - “I have always loved you,” says the LORD.
But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”
And the LORD replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Esau's descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But the LORD of Heaven's Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,' and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the LORD Is Forever Angry.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn't that wrong? And isn't it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:9 - “Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “and I will not accept your offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:11 - But my name is honored[fn] by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer[fn] sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - You say, ‘It's too hard to serve the LORD,' and you turn up your noses at my commands,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?” asks the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2 - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:4 - Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites can continue,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:8 - But you priests have left God's paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:16 - “For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,[fn]” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1 - “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:7 - Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:11 - Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.[fn] Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:12 - “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:13 - “You have said terrible things about me,” says the LORD.
“But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - “They will be my people,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - [fn]The LORD of Heaven's Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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