Quotes About Judgment

“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,

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.

Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ëThe righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.í

If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

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

If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

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.”

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëYou eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighborís wife. Should you then possess the land?í

Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëAs surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.í

So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëBehold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.í

This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ëI will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ëBehold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.