And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,

because you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God chose you to be his people, his treasured possession from all the nations on the face of the earth."

yet the LORD committed himself to love your ancestors and did so! He chose you their descendants after them from all the nations, as it is today.

The LORD affirmed this day that you are his prized possession. Therefore, observe his commands,

For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is his allotted portion.

He declares his words to Jacob, his statutes and decrees to Israel.

For a long time we have been those you do not rule, those who are not called by your name.

All

These are the families of Noah's sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood.

because I'm about to summon all the families and kingdoms from the north," declares the LORD. "They'll come and each one will set up his seat at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all of its surrounding walls, and against all of the towns of Judah.

Pour out your anger on the nations that don't acknowledge you, and on the families that don't call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured and consumed him; they have devastated his habitation.

Innumerable are the harlotries of this well-favored whore, this mistress of witchcraft, who enslaves nations through her fornication and families through her sorcery.

If anyone from the families of the earth will not come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, there will be no rain for them.

From one man he made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth, fixing the seasons of the year and the national boundaries within which they live,

Therefore

You are to execute old men, young men, young women, little children, and women. But don't touch anyone who has been marked. Begin at my Holy Place!" And so they started with the elders who were in standing in front of the Temple.

Just as I judged your ancestors in the wilderness in the land of Egypt, so I'll judge you," declares the LORD.

"He has confirmed his accusation that he spoke against us and against our rulers who governed us by bringing upon us great calamity, because nowhere in the universe has anything been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had taken place, because they didn't repent.

That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?

Punish

"Look, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh:

Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I'm about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and daughters will die by famine.

What will you say when the LORD appoints over you as your head those whom you taught to be your allies? Pain will seize you like that seizing a woman about to give birth, will it not?

General references

I'm going to die in this land and I won't cross the Jordan River, but you're about to cross over to possess that good land.

then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "It's one evil event after another! ""Look out! It's coming!

It will be easier for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you!