Quotes About Consequences

I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.

Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.