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- This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
- The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
- Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. …
- But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. …
- “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. …
- And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
- I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.
- As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. …
- So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. …
- 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.
- This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: …
- “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
- “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
- Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.