'Says' in the Bible

Therefore the Lord says this: "Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.

This is what the Lord says: "The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.

"In that day," says the Lord, "I will gather the lame, and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.

"In that day," says the Lord, "I will destroy your horses from your midst, and smash your chariots.

Listen to what the Lord says: "Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!"