and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey #– #the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who settle down comfortably, , who say to themselves: ‘The Lord will do nothing #– #good or bad.’
‘The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! , He knows, and may Israel also know. Do not spare us today, if it was in rebellion or treachery against the Lord
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
For the Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites: You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewellery, and I will decide what to do with you.’
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, , with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
And he told them, ‘You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.
do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.