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I will oppose you. I will make an example of you. I will remove you from the community of my people, so that all of you will know that I am the Lord .

and even if those three men lived there—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God—they would not be able to save even their own children. They would save only their own lives, and the land would become a wilderness.

and even if those three men lived there—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God—they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives.

even if Noah, Danel, and Job lived there—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God—they would not be able to save even their own children. Their goodness would save only their own lives."

If some survive and save their children, look at them when they come to you. See how evil they are, and be convinced that the punishment I am bringing on Jerusalem is justified;

and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the Lord .

"As surely as I am the living God," the Sovereign Lord says, "your sister Sodom and her villages never did the evil that you and your villages have done.

I will renew my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord .

to let them know what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying to them: There was a giant eagle with beautiful feathers and huge wings, spread wide. He flew to the Lebanon Mountains and broke off the top of a cedar tree,

"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign Lord , "this king will die in Babylonia because he broke his oath and the treaty he had made with the king of Babylonia, who put him on the throne.

The Sovereign Lord says, "As surely as I am the living God, I will punish him for breaking the treaty which he swore in my name to keep.

All the trees in the land will know that I am the Lord . I cut down the tall trees and make small trees grow tall. I wither up the green trees and make the dry trees become green. I, the Lord , have spoken. I will do what I have said I would do."

"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign Lord , "you will not repeat this proverb in Israel any more.

"Now I, the Sovereign Lord , am telling you Israelites that I will judge each of you by what you have done. Turn away from all the evil you are doing, and don't let your sin destroy you.

"Mortal man," he said, "speak to these leaders and tell them that the Sovereign Lord is saying: You have come to ask my will, have you? As surely as I am the living God, I will not let you ask me anything. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken.

Tell them what I am saying. When I chose Israel, I made them a promise. I revealed myself to them in Egypt and told them: I am the Lord your God.

I told them to throw away the disgusting idols they loved and not to make themselves unclean with the false gods of Egypt, because I am the Lord their God.

I am the Lord your God. Obey my laws and my commands.

Make the Sabbath a holy day, so that it will be a sign of the covenant we made, and will remind you that I am the Lord your God.

I let them defile themselves with their own offerings, and I let them sacrifice their first-born sons. This was to punish them and show them that I am the Lord .