Quotes About Divine

In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“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.

In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.

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

Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

I will strengthen the arms of Babylonís king, but Pharaohís arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylonís king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.

In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ëThe sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,í declares the Lord GOD.

In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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

Say to them: ëAs surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?í

Yet your people say, ëThe way of the Lord is not just.í But it is their way that is not just.

Yet you say, ëThe way of the Lord is not just.í But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.