Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to do anything bad to that boy. But you refused to listen to me. So now we are being punished for his death.”
Psalm 10:13 - Easy To Read Version Why do bad people turn against God?\par Because they think he won’t punish them.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why does the wicked [man] condemn (spurn and renounce) God? Why has he thought in his heart, You will not call to account? American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it? Common English Bible Why do the wicked reject God? Why do they think to themselves that you won’t find out? |
Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to do anything bad to that boy. But you refused to listen to me. So now we are being punished for his death.”
I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person. And I will demand the life of any person who takes another person’s life.
Joash the king didn’t remember Jehoiada’s kindness to him. Jehoiada was Zechariah’s father. But Joash killed Zechariah, Jehoiada’s son. Before Zechariah died, he said, “May the Lord see what you are doing and punish you!”
In the city you can hear\par the sad sounds of the dying people.\par Those hurt people cry out for help.\par But God does not listen.\par
Evil people might feel safe and secure\par for a short time.\par They might want to be powerful.\par
God, how much longer will the enemy\par make fun of us?\par Will you let them insult your name forever?\par
God, remember these things.\par Remember, the enemy insulted you!\par Those foolish people hate your name!\par
You will eat that meat for a whole month. You will eat the meat until you are sick of it. This will happen to you because you complained against the Lord. The Lord lives among you and knows what you need. But you cried and complained to him! You said, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
“When a person listens to you, that person is really listening to me. But when a person refuses to accept you, that person is really refusing to accept me. And when a person refuses to accept me, he is refusing to accept the One (God) that sent me.”
Be sure that there is no man, woman, family or family group here today that turns away from the Lord our God. No person should go and serve the gods of the other nations. People who do that are like a plant that grows bitter and poisonous fruit.
So the person who refuses to obey this teaching is refusing to obey God, not man. And God is the One who gives you his Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [14]}