Thematic Bible: To hearken to admonition


Thematic Bible



Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The sovereign Lord will testify against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.

Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

He said: "Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: 'Don't be afraid and don't panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God's.

"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

"Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the Lord! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand.



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