Quotes About Warning

Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ëWoe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëI am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.í

on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.

“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.í

So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ëWhen I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.í”

“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBehold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.

I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.

“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ëAlas for that day!í

For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ëSuppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ramís horn to warn the people.

Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.í

As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.

If I say to the wicked, ëO wicked man, you will surely die,í but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.