Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways a
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from
“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD o
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with comp
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable ido
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I tr
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the L
For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away
For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may retu
So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD,
“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My
As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the
It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own so
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have