On that day the LORD saved the people of Israel from the Egyptians, and the Israelites saw them lying dead on the seashore.

Kill them! Be the first to stone them, and then let everyone else stone them too.

Then all the people of Israel will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.

Then the men of the city are to stone him to death, and so you will get rid of this evil. Everyone in Israel will hear what has happened and be afraid.

I swear to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble on you. You will see it when I take your wives from you and give them to another man; and he will have intercourse with them in broad daylight.

You sinned in secret, but I will make this happen in broad daylight for all Israel to see.' "

The righteous will be glad when they see sinners punished; they will wade through the blood of the wicked.

People will say, "The righteous are indeed rewarded; there is indeed a God who judges the world."

"As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that eat them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never be put out. The sight of them will be disgusting to all people."

Rebuke publicly all those who commit sins, so that the rest may be afraid.

The sins of some people are plain to see, and their sins go ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others are seen only later.

The kings of the earth who took part in her immorality and lust will cry and weep over the city when they see the smoke from the flames that consume her.

They stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They say, "How terrible! How awful! This great and mighty city Babylon! In just one hour you have been punished!"

Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God's people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!