I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair

I will punish you. I will bring disaster on you---incurable diseases and fevers that will make you blind and cause your life to waste away. You will plant your crops, but it will do you no good, because your enemies will conquer you and eat what you have grown.

You will find no peace anywhere, no place to call your own; the LORD will overwhelm you with anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.

I am worn out from calling for help, and my throat is aching. I have strained my eyes, looking for your help.

For help that never came, we looked until we could look no longer. We kept waiting for help from a nation that had none to give.

Not even fast runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength, and soldiers will not be able to save their own lives.

It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear! Or like someone who comes home and puts his hand on the wall---only to be bitten by a snake!

The day of the LORD will bring darkness and not light; it will be a day of gloom, without any brightness.

I saw the Lord standing by the altar. He gave the command: "Strike the tops of the Temple columns so hard that the foundation will shake. Break them off and let them fall on the heads of the people. I will kill the rest of the people in war. No one will get away; not one will escape.

If they hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I will search for them and catch them. If they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the sea monster to bite them.

How, then, shall we escape if we pay no attention to such a great salvation? The Lord himself first announced this salvation, and those who heard him proved to us that it is true.

Godless people are like those reeds; their hope is gone, once God is forgotten.

They trust a thread---a spider's web.

They are torn from the tents where they lived secure, and are dragged off to face King Death.

What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?

The righteous get what they want, but the wicked will get what they fear most.

If you curse your parents, your life will end like a lamp that goes out in the dark.

and in Hades, where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.

But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.