Quotes About Warning

Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,í declares the Lord GOD.”

“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations

Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.

Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.

You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.

Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.

“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ëI am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.í

“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ëA sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

ëSo then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!

So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.

Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ëA sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëO city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBecause all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

“Son of man, say to her, ëIn the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.í

You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,í declares the Lord GOD.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBecause you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.í”

Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

“Son of man, write down todayís date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëWoe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.