Quotes About Authority

The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.

because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.í”

They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ëThus declares the LORD,í when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

Havenít you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ëThus declares the LORD,í even though I have not spoken?

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

“Now say to this rebellious house: ëDo you not know what these things mean?í Tell them, ëBehold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

It had strong branches, fit for a rulerís scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.

I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

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

it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.

Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?í declares the Lord GOD.

I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.í I, the LORD, have spoken.”

A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.í

Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ëThis is what the Lord GOD says,í when the LORD has not spoken.

clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.

I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,í declares the Lord GOD.”