The LORD will come out to punish everyone on earth for their sins. And when he does, those who did violent crimes will be known and punished.
If I should die, I beg the earth not to cover my cry for justice.
The heavens and the earth will testify against them,
But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?
I will punish this evil world and its people because of their sins. I will crush the horrible pride of those who are cruel.
The LORD said to me, "I will calmly look down from my home above-- as calmly as the sun at noon or clouds in the heat of harvest season."
The LORD All-Powerful has spoken to me this solemn promise: "I won't forgive them for this, not as long as they live."
I, the LORD All-Powerful, will come to your rescue with a thundering earthquake and a fiery whirlwind.
I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve.
I, the LORD, will make them pay for their sins and for those of their ancestors-- they have disgraced me by burning incense on mountains.
Do you hear that noise in the city and those shouts coming from the temple? It is the LORD shouting as he punishes his enemies.
God then said, "Do you see the terrible sins of the people of Israel? Their sins are making my holy temple unfit as a place to worship me. Yet you will see even worse things than this."
You fools! Didn't God make both the outside and the inside?
You people living today will be punished for all the prophets who have been murdered since the beginning of the world.
They poured out the blood of your people and your prophets. So you gave them blood to drink, as they deserve!"
On the streets of Babylon is found the blood of God's people and of his prophets, and everyone else."