The Lord takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.

For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.

If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them, “Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”