Fondare 408 Risultati per: Divine Justice
By my divine power I swear it, says the Lord God of hosts, pride of yours shall weary me, great houses of yours shall offend my sight, no longer; city and citizens, I will leave you at the enemy’s mercy. (Amos 6, 8)
Strange, if yonder mountain-crags men should climb on horseback, or plough with oxen!✻ Stranger still, that people of mine should poison the springs of right and justice, all wormwood now! (Amos 6, 13)
Here, then, is the divine doom pronounced on thee: Wife of thine, here in the city streets, shall be dishonoured; sons and daughters of thine shall die at the sword’s point; lands of thine shall feel the measuring-rope. And for thyself, on unhallowed soil death awaits thee, when Israel is banished, as banished it needs must be, from the land of its birth. (Amos 7, 17)
Divine regard that watches ever this kingdom, marks ever its guilt; I will blot it out, believe me, from the face of the earth.And blot out the name of Jacob altogether? Nay, not that, the Lord says. (Amos 9, 8)
No lack of champions Sion shall have, to do justice on the mountains of Edom; and of that empire the Lord himself shall be sovereign ruler. (Obadiah 1, 21)
And at last they cried out upon the Lord; Take we this man’s life, they said, let it not be to our own undoing! Do not charge us with the death of an innocent man, thou who hast so manifested thy divine will! (Jonah 1, 14)
But no, this is my word to you, chieftains of Jacob’s line, rulers of Israel: Who should acclaim justice, if not you? (Micah 3, 1)
A word with you, chieftains of Jacob’s line, rulers of Israel, that hold right abominable, and all justice pervert; (Micah 3, 9)
Let other nations go their own way, each with the name of its own god to rally it; ours to march under his divine name, who is our God for ever and for evermore! (Micah 4, 5)
So comes the divine voice to yonder city; best he shall thrive, that stands in awe of thy name.✻ Listen, tribesmen, to that voice; which of you dares acclaim it? (Micah 6, 9)
But thou, Lord, my God and all my worship, thou art from eternity! And wilt thou see us perish? Warrant of thine they hold, take their strength from thee, only to make known thy justice, thy chastening power!✻ (Habakkuk 1, 12)
I have heard, Lord, the tale of thy renown, awe-stricken at the divine power thou hast. Reveal that power in these latter days, in these latter days make it known once more! And though we have earned thy anger, bethink thee of mercy still. (Habakkuk 3, 2)
