And although they fully know the decrees of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, they not only do those things, but also approve of those who practice them.
While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, like birth pains on a pregnant woman, and then there will be no escape.
He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Y’all must be strong-strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
Y’all be sure not to refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned them on the earth, how much more will we not escape if we turn away from him who warns from heaven.