When they ask you why you are groaning, tell them it is because of the news that is coming. When it comes, their hearts will be filled with fear, their hands will hang limp, their courage will fail, and their knees will tremble. The time has come; it is here." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.

Are you as strong as I am? Can your voice thunder as loud as mine?

The Egyptians are not gods---they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the LORD acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.

Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?

What will you say when people you thought were your friends conquer you and rule over you? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Or do we want to make the Lord jealous? Do we think that we are stronger than he?

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

"You will feel all the force of my anger and rage until I am satisfied. When all this happens, you will be convinced that I, the LORD, have spoken to you because I am outraged at your unfaithfulness.

All the trees in the land will know that I am the LORD. I cut down the tall trees and make small trees grow tall. I wither up the green trees and make the dry trees become green. I, the LORD, have spoken. I will do what I have said I would do."

I, the LORD, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being---he does not change his mind."

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.