If she has committed adultery, the water will cause bitter pain; her stomach will swell up and her genital organs will shrink. Her name will become a curse among her people.

'I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.' So take Joram's body," Jehu ordered his aide, "and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the LORD's promise."

But you do see; you take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to you; you have always helped the needy.

So then, you will get what you deserve, and your own actions will make you sick.

But evil people are doomed; what they have done to others will now be done to them.

And so the LORD himself says that he is going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against the LORD."

And Hananiah died in the seventh month of that same year.

They have come to destroy Babylon; its soldiers are captured, and their bows are broken. I am a God who punishes evil, and I will treat Babylon as it deserves.

There will be suffering and pain for all those who do what is evil, for the Jews first and also for the Gentiles.

"Suppose two Israelites go to court to settle a dispute, and one is declared innocent and the other guilty.

Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go---both are hateful to the LORD.

The righteous will be happy, and things will go well for them. They will get to enjoy what they have worked for.

It is the one who sins who will die. A son is not to suffer because of his father's sins, nor a father because of the sins of his son. Good people will be rewarded for doing good, and evil people will suffer for the evil they do.

But God will give glory, honor, and peace to all who do what is good, to the Jews first and also to the Gentiles.