18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead,
the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
31:6 You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!
33:1 The destroyer is as good as dead,
you who have not been destroyed!
The deceitful one is as good as dead,
the one whom others have not deceived!
When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed;
when you finish
41:7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith,
the one who wields the hammer encourages
He approves the quality of the welding,
and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”
44:1 “Now, listen, Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!”
44:10 Who forms a god and casts an idol
that will prove worthless?
50:3 I can clothe the sky in darkness;
I can cover it with sackcloth.”
65:8 This is what the Lord says:
“When
someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’
So I will do for the sake of my servants –
I will not destroy everyone.