Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May YHWH look at it, and repay it.”
Surely I will require accounting for y’all’s lifeblood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of every human, even at the hand of every person’s brother or sister, I will require the life of person.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell y’all, this generation will be held responsible for all of it.
because ʜɪꜱ judgments are true and righteous. For ʜᴇ has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and ʜᴇ has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.”
For the destroyer has come against her, against Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for YHWH is a God of retribution. Hᴇ will repay-repay.
Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell y’all, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the boy’? But y’all wouldn’t listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
that we have built us an altar to turn away from following YHWH; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let YHWH himself require it.