4:28 Because of this the land will mourn
and the sky above will grow black.
For I have made my purpose known
and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.”
15:1 Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for
“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease.
Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war.
Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation.
Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”
15:3 “I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.
15:5 The Lord cried out,
“Who in the world
Who will grieve over you?
Who will stop long enough
to inquire about how you are doing?
15:6 I, the Lord, say:
You keep turning your back on me.’
So I have unleashed my power against you
I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”
20:16 May that man be like the cities
that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy.
May he hear a cry of distress in the morning
and a battle cry at noon.
24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment