And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
‘Therefore say, “This is what the Lord God says: Though I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.”
He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, he will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Are you not from eternity, Lord my God? My Holy One, you will not die. Lord, you appointed them to execute judgement; my Rock, you destined them to punish us.