Bible Verses About Judgments

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of ADONAI,

they refused my counsel and despised my reproof.

So they will bear the consequences of their own way and be overfilled with their own schemes.

I will bring on you, house of Isra'el, a distant nation," says ADONAI, "an enduring nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know - you will not understand what they are saying.

Their quiver is like an open grave, they are all mighty warriors.

They will eat up your harvest and your bread, they will eat up your sons and your daughters, they will eat up your flocks and your herds, they will eat up your vines and your fig trees; with the sword they will beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust.

But even in those days," says ADONAI, "I will not completely destroy you.

Then the prophet Yirmeyahu said to Hananyah the prophet, "Listen here, Hananyah! ADONAI has not sent you! You are making these people trust in a lie!

Therefore, here is what ADONAI says: 'I am about to send you away from the face of the earth - this year you will die, because you have preached rebellion against ADONAI.'"

Hananyah the prophet died that same year, in the seventh month.

I had sent you all my servants the prophets, sent them frequently, with the message, "Don't do this horrible thing which I hate!"

But they neither listened nor obeyed, so as to turn from their wickedness and stop offering to other gods.

Hence my fury and anger were poured out and ignited in the cities of Y'hudah and the streets of Yerushalayim; so that they became waste and desolate, as they are today.'

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his fury,

He has led me and made me walk in darkness and not in light.

Against me alone he turns his hand again and again, all day.

He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

He has made me live in darkness, like those who are long dead.

He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has weighed me down with chains.

Even when I cry out, pleading for help, he shuts out my prayer.

He has barred my way with blocks of stone, he has made my paths crooked.

He lies in wait for me like a bear, like a lion in hiding.

He has forced me aside and torn me to pieces, leaving me stunned.

He has bent his bow and used me as a target for his arrows.