Amos 4:7 “Yes, and I’m the One who stopped the rains three months short of harvest. I’d make it rain on one village but not on another. I’d make it rain on one field ...

4:7 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - “Yes, and I’m the One who stopped the rains three months short of harvest. I’d make it rain on one village but not on another. I’d make it rain on one field but not on another—and that one would dry up. People would stagger from village to village crazed for water and never quenching their thirst. But you never got thirsty for me. You ignored me.” God’s Decree.
新标点和合本 - “在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你们那里；我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块地无雨；无雨的就枯干了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “在收割的前三个月，我不降雨在你们那里，我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块无雨的地就必枯干。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “在收割的前三个月，我不降雨在你们那里，我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块无雨的地就必枯干。
当代译本 - “我在收割前三个月停止降雨。我在一座城降雨，在另一座城不降雨；我使一块田有雨水的滋润，另一块田因无雨而干裂。
圣经新译本 - “我曾在收割前三个月，不降雨给你们；我降雨给一个城，在另一个城却不降雨；我在一块地降雨，另一块地没有雨水就枯干了。
现代标点和合本 - “在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你们那里。我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城。这块地有雨，那块地无雨，无雨的就枯干了。
和合本（拼音版） - “在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你们那里；我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块地无雨，无雨的就枯干了。
New International Version - “I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up.
New International Reader's Version - “I also held back rain from you. The time to harvest crops was still three months away. I sent rain on one town. But I held it back from another. One field had rain. But another had no rain and dried up.
English Standard Version - “I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would have rain, and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
New Living Translation - “I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.
Christian Standard Bible - I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. I sent rain on one city but no rain on another. One field received rain while a field with no rain withered.
New American Standard Bible - “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, But on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.
New King James Version - “I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered.
Amplified Bible - “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you When there were still three months until the harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, And on another city I would not send rain; One piece of ground was rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.
American Standard Version - And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
King James Version - And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
New English Translation - “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
World English Bible - “I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn’t rain withered.
新標點和合本 - 在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你們那裏；我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城；這塊地有雨，那塊地無雨；無雨的就枯乾了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「在收割的前三個月，我不降雨在你們那裏，我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城；這塊地有雨，那塊無雨的地就必枯乾。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「在收割的前三個月，我不降雨在你們那裏，我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城；這塊地有雨，那塊無雨的地就必枯乾。
當代譯本 - 「我在收割前三個月停止降雨。我在一座城降雨，在另一座城不降雨；我使一塊田有雨水的滋潤，另一塊田因無雨而乾裂。
聖經新譯本 - “我曾在收割前三個月，不降雨給你們；我降雨給一個城，在另一個城卻不降雨；我在一塊地降雨，另一塊地沒有雨水就枯乾了。
呂振中譯本 - 『也是我在收割前還有三個月使雨停止不降在你們那裏；我降雨在一個城，不降雨在另一個城；這一塊地有雨，那一塊地無雨，就枯乾了。
現代標點和合本 - 「在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你們那裡。我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城。這塊地有雨，那塊地無雨，無雨的就枯乾了。
文理和合譯本 - 穫前三月、我禁厥雨、惟雨此邑、不雨彼邑、一田得雨、他田無雨、則枯槁焉、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華又曰、秋前三月、我不降雨、惟雨一邑、他邑不雨、惟潤一田、他田不潤、遂致荒蕪、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 穡前三月、我禁止雨降、降雨於一邑、不降雨於他邑、一田得雨、他田不得雨、遂致乾旱、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Yo les retuve la lluvia cuando aún faltaban tres meses para la cosecha. En una ciudad hacía llover, pero en otra no; una parcela recibía lluvia, mientras que otra no, y se secó.
현대인의 성경 - “내가 또 추수하기 석 달 전에 너희에게 비가 그치게 하여 어떤 성에는 비가 내리게 하고 어떤 성에는 비가 내리지 않게 하였더니 어떤 지역은 비가 오고 어떤 지역은 비가 오지 않아 땅이 말라 버렸다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождем, а другое, над которым не было дождя, высыхало.
Восточный перевод - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождём, другое – высыхало без дождя.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождём, другое – высыхало без дождя.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождём, другое – высыхало без дождя.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et moi encore, ╵je vous ai refusé la pluie trois mois avant ╵le moment des moissons, ou bien j’ai fait pleuvoir ╵sur telle ville et non pas sur telle autre. Un terrain recevait la pluie, un autre, n’en recevant pas, ╵était tout à fait sec.
リビングバイブル - 収穫の前に三か月間雨を降らせないで作物をだめにした。ある町には雨を降らせたが、他の町には降らせなかった。ある畑には雨が降っているのに、他の畑は乾ききっていた。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Também fui eu que retive a chuva quando ainda faltavam três meses para a colheita. Mandei chuva a uma cidade, mas não a outra. Uma plantação teve chuva; outra não teve e secou.
Hoffnung für alle - Drei Monate vor der Ernte schickte ich euch keinen Regen mehr, den ihr doch so dringend brauchtet. Auf die eine Stadt ließ ich es regnen, auf die andere fiel kein einziger Tropfen. Das eine Feld bekam genug Feuchtigkeit, das andere blieb trocken, und alles verdorrte.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ta giữ mưa không cho rơi lúc mùa màng các ngươi cần nước nhất. Rồi Ta cho mưa xuống thành này, trong khi thành kia vẫn hạn hán. Ta cho mưa đổ trên đám ruộng này, trong khi đám ruộng khác khô khan.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เรางดให้ฝนแก่เจ้าด้วย สามเดือนก่อนถึงฤดูเก็บเกี่ยว เราให้ฝนตกในเมืองหนึ่ง แต่ไม่ให้ฝนตกในอีกเมืองหนึ่ง นาหนึ่งมีฝน อีกนาไม่มีและข้าวจะเหี่ยวเฉาไป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “อีกสามเดือนกว่าจะถึงเวลาเก็บเกี่ยว แต่เราก็ทำให้ฝนไม่ตก เราจะส่งฝนให้กับเมืองๆ หนึ่ง และไม่ส่งให้อีกเมืองหนึ่ง ทุ่งนาแห่งหนึ่งจะมีฝนตก และทุ่งนาที่ไม่ได้รับฝนก็จะแห้งผาก

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1 Corinthians 4:7 - For who do you know that really knows you, knows your heart? And even if they did, is there anything they would discover in you that you could take credit for? Isn’t everything you have and everything you are sheer gifts from God? So what’s the point of all this comparing and competing? You already have all you need. You already have more access to God than you can handle. Without bringing either Apollos or me into it, you’re sitting on top of the world—at least God’s world—and we’re right there, sitting alongside you!
Leviticus 26:23 - “And if even this doesn’t work and you refuse my discipline and continue your defiance, then it will be my turn to defy you. I, yes I, will punish you for your sins seven times over: I’ll let war loose on you, avenging your breaking of the covenant; when you huddle in your cities for protection, I’ll send a deadly epidemic on you and you’ll be helpless before your enemies; when I cut off your bread supply, ten women will bake bread in one oven and ration it out. You’ll eat, but barely—no one will get enough.
Judges 6:38 - That’s what happened. When he got up early the next morning, he wrung out the fleece—enough dew to fill a bowl with water!
Judges 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Don’t be impatient with me, but let me say one more thing. I want to try another time with the fleece. But this time let the fleece stay dry, while the dew drenches the ground.”
Judges 6:40 - God made it happen that very night. Only the fleece was dry while the ground was wet with dew. * * *
Joel 1:11 - Dirt farmers, despair! Grape growers, wring your hands! Lament the loss of wheat and barley. All crops have failed. Vineyards dried up, fig trees withered, Pomegranates, date palms, and apple trees— deadwood everywhere! And joy is dried up and withered in the hearts of the people.
Joel 1:13 - And also you priests, put on your robes and join the outcry. You who lead people in worship, lead them in lament. Spend the night dressed in gunnysacks, you servants of my God. Nothing’s going on in the place of worship, no offerings, no prayers—nothing. Declare a holy fast, call a special meeting, get the leaders together, Round up everyone in the country. Get them into God’s Sanctuary for serious prayer to God.
Joel 1:15 - What a day! Doomsday! God’s Judgment Day has come. The Strong God has arrived. This is serious business! Food is just a memory at our tables, as are joy and singing from God’s Sanctuary. The seeds in the field are dead, barns deserted, Grain silos abandoned. Who needs them? The crops have failed! The farm animals groan—oh, how they groan! The cattle mill around. There’s nothing for them to eat. Not even the sheep find anything.
Leviticus 26:18 - “And if none of this works in getting your attention, I’ll discipline you seven times over for your sins. I’ll break your strong pride: I’ll make the skies above you like a sheet of tin and the ground under you like cast iron. No matter how hard you work, nothing will come of it: No crops out of the ground, no fruit off the trees.
Leviticus 26:21 - “If you defy me and refuse to listen, your punishment will be seven times more than your sins: I’ll set wild animals on you; they’ll rob you of your children, kill your cattle, and decimate your numbers until you’ll think you are living in a ghost town.
1 Kings 8:35 - When the skies shrivel up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, but then they pray at this place, acknowledging your rule and quitting their sins because you have scourged them, Listen from your home in heaven, forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Then start over with them: Train them to live right and well; send rain on the land you gave your people as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky over your head will become an iron roof, the ground under your feet, a slab of concrete. From out of the skies God will rain ash and dust down on you until you suffocate.
Leviticus 26:27 - “And if this—even this!—doesn’t work and you still won’t listen, still defy me, I’ll have had enough and in hot anger will defy you, punishing you for your sins seven times over: famine will be so severe that you’ll end up cooking and eating your sons in stews and your daughters in barbecues; I’ll smash your sex-and-religion shrines and all the paraphernalia that goes with them, and then stack your corpses and the idol-corpses in the same piles—I’ll abhor you; I’ll turn your cities into rubble; I’ll clean out your sanctuaries; I’ll hold my nose at the “pleasing aroma” of your sacrifices. I’ll turn your land into a lifeless moonscape—your enemies who come in to take over will be shocked at what they see. I’ll scatter you all over the world and keep after you with the point of my sword in your backs. There’ll be nothing left in your land, nothing going on in your cities. With you gone and dispersed in the countries of your enemies, the land, empty of you, will finally get a break and enjoy its Sabbath years. All the time it’s left there empty, the land will get rest, the Sabbaths it never got when you lived there.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - “Yes, and I’m the One who stopped the rains three months short of harvest. I’d make it rain on one village but not on another. I’d make it rain on one field but not on another—and that one would dry up. People would stagger from village to village crazed for water and never quenching their thirst. But you never got thirsty for me. You ignored me.” God’s Decree.
新标点和合本 - “在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你们那里；我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块地无雨；无雨的就枯干了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “在收割的前三个月，我不降雨在你们那里，我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块无雨的地就必枯干。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “在收割的前三个月，我不降雨在你们那里，我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块无雨的地就必枯干。
当代译本 - “我在收割前三个月停止降雨。我在一座城降雨，在另一座城不降雨；我使一块田有雨水的滋润，另一块田因无雨而干裂。
圣经新译本 - “我曾在收割前三个月，不降雨给你们；我降雨给一个城，在另一个城却不降雨；我在一块地降雨，另一块地没有雨水就枯干了。
现代标点和合本 - “在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你们那里。我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城。这块地有雨，那块地无雨，无雨的就枯干了。
和合本（拼音版） - “在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你们那里；我降雨在这城，不降雨在那城；这块地有雨，那块地无雨，无雨的就枯干了。
New International Version - “I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up.
New International Reader's Version - “I also held back rain from you. The time to harvest crops was still three months away. I sent rain on one town. But I held it back from another. One field had rain. But another had no rain and dried up.
English Standard Version - “I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would have rain, and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
New Living Translation - “I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.
Christian Standard Bible - I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. I sent rain on one city but no rain on another. One field received rain while a field with no rain withered.
New American Standard Bible - “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, But on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.
New King James Version - “I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered.
Amplified Bible - “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you When there were still three months until the harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, And on another city I would not send rain; One piece of ground was rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.
American Standard Version - And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
King James Version - And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
New English Translation - “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
World English Bible - “I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn’t rain withered.
新標點和合本 - 在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你們那裏；我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城；這塊地有雨，那塊地無雨；無雨的就枯乾了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「在收割的前三個月，我不降雨在你們那裏，我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城；這塊地有雨，那塊無雨的地就必枯乾。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「在收割的前三個月，我不降雨在你們那裏，我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城；這塊地有雨，那塊無雨的地就必枯乾。
當代譯本 - 「我在收割前三個月停止降雨。我在一座城降雨，在另一座城不降雨；我使一塊田有雨水的滋潤，另一塊田因無雨而乾裂。
聖經新譯本 - “我曾在收割前三個月，不降雨給你們；我降雨給一個城，在另一個城卻不降雨；我在一塊地降雨，另一塊地沒有雨水就枯乾了。
呂振中譯本 - 『也是我在收割前還有三個月使雨停止不降在你們那裏；我降雨在一個城，不降雨在另一個城；這一塊地有雨，那一塊地無雨，就枯乾了。
現代標點和合本 - 「在收割的前三月，我使雨停止，不降在你們那裡。我降雨在這城，不降雨在那城。這塊地有雨，那塊地無雨，無雨的就枯乾了。
文理和合譯本 - 穫前三月、我禁厥雨、惟雨此邑、不雨彼邑、一田得雨、他田無雨、則枯槁焉、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華又曰、秋前三月、我不降雨、惟雨一邑、他邑不雨、惟潤一田、他田不潤、遂致荒蕪、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 穡前三月、我禁止雨降、降雨於一邑、不降雨於他邑、一田得雨、他田不得雨、遂致乾旱、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Yo les retuve la lluvia cuando aún faltaban tres meses para la cosecha. En una ciudad hacía llover, pero en otra no; una parcela recibía lluvia, mientras que otra no, y se secó.
현대인의 성경 - “내가 또 추수하기 석 달 전에 너희에게 비가 그치게 하여 어떤 성에는 비가 내리게 하고 어떤 성에는 비가 내리지 않게 하였더니 어떤 지역은 비가 오고 어떤 지역은 비가 오지 않아 땅이 말라 버렸다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождем, а другое, над которым не было дождя, высыхало.
Восточный перевод - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождём, другое – высыхало без дождя.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождём, другое – высыхало без дождя.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я удерживал от вас дождь, когда до жатвы оставалось всего три месяца. Я посылал дождь на один город, но удерживал его в другом. Одно поле увлажнялось дождём, другое – высыхало без дождя.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et moi encore, ╵je vous ai refusé la pluie trois mois avant ╵le moment des moissons, ou bien j’ai fait pleuvoir ╵sur telle ville et non pas sur telle autre. Un terrain recevait la pluie, un autre, n’en recevant pas, ╵était tout à fait sec.
リビングバイブル - 収穫の前に三か月間雨を降らせないで作物をだめにした。ある町には雨を降らせたが、他の町には降らせなかった。ある畑には雨が降っているのに、他の畑は乾ききっていた。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Também fui eu que retive a chuva quando ainda faltavam três meses para a colheita. Mandei chuva a uma cidade, mas não a outra. Uma plantação teve chuva; outra não teve e secou.
Hoffnung für alle - Drei Monate vor der Ernte schickte ich euch keinen Regen mehr, den ihr doch so dringend brauchtet. Auf die eine Stadt ließ ich es regnen, auf die andere fiel kein einziger Tropfen. Das eine Feld bekam genug Feuchtigkeit, das andere blieb trocken, und alles verdorrte.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ta giữ mưa không cho rơi lúc mùa màng các ngươi cần nước nhất. Rồi Ta cho mưa xuống thành này, trong khi thành kia vẫn hạn hán. Ta cho mưa đổ trên đám ruộng này, trong khi đám ruộng khác khô khan.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เรางดให้ฝนแก่เจ้าด้วย สามเดือนก่อนถึงฤดูเก็บเกี่ยว เราให้ฝนตกในเมืองหนึ่ง แต่ไม่ให้ฝนตกในอีกเมืองหนึ่ง นาหนึ่งมีฝน อีกนาไม่มีและข้าวจะเหี่ยวเฉาไป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “อีกสามเดือนกว่าจะถึงเวลาเก็บเกี่ยว แต่เราก็ทำให้ฝนไม่ตก เราจะส่งฝนให้กับเมืองๆ หนึ่ง และไม่ส่งให้อีกเมืองหนึ่ง ทุ่งนาแห่งหนึ่งจะมีฝนตก และทุ่งนาที่ไม่ได้รับฝนก็จะแห้งผาก

1 Corinthians 4:7 - For who do you know that really knows you, knows your heart? And even if they did, is there anything they would discover in you that you could take credit for? Isn’t everything you have and everything you are sheer gifts from God? So what’s the point of all this comparing and competing? You already have all you need. You already have more access to God than you can handle. Without bringing either Apollos or me into it, you’re sitting on top of the world—at least God’s world—and we’re right there, sitting alongside you!
Leviticus 26:23 - “And if even this doesn’t work and you refuse my discipline and continue your defiance, then it will be my turn to defy you. I, yes I, will punish you for your sins seven times over: I’ll let war loose on you, avenging your breaking of the covenant; when you huddle in your cities for protection, I’ll send a deadly epidemic on you and you’ll be helpless before your enemies; when I cut off your bread supply, ten women will bake bread in one oven and ration it out. You’ll eat, but barely—no one will get enough.
Judges 6:38 - That’s what happened. When he got up early the next morning, he wrung out the fleece—enough dew to fill a bowl with water!
Judges 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Don’t be impatient with me, but let me say one more thing. I want to try another time with the fleece. But this time let the fleece stay dry, while the dew drenches the ground.”
Judges 6:40 - God made it happen that very night. Only the fleece was dry while the ground was wet with dew. * * *
Joel 1:11 - Dirt farmers, despair! Grape growers, wring your hands! Lament the loss of wheat and barley. All crops have failed. Vineyards dried up, fig trees withered, Pomegranates, date palms, and apple trees— deadwood everywhere! And joy is dried up and withered in the hearts of the people.
Joel 1:13 - And also you priests, put on your robes and join the outcry. You who lead people in worship, lead them in lament. Spend the night dressed in gunnysacks, you servants of my God. Nothing’s going on in the place of worship, no offerings, no prayers—nothing. Declare a holy fast, call a special meeting, get the leaders together, Round up everyone in the country. Get them into God’s Sanctuary for serious prayer to God.
Joel 1:15 - What a day! Doomsday! God’s Judgment Day has come. The Strong God has arrived. This is serious business! Food is just a memory at our tables, as are joy and singing from God’s Sanctuary. The seeds in the field are dead, barns deserted, Grain silos abandoned. Who needs them? The crops have failed! The farm animals groan—oh, how they groan! The cattle mill around. There’s nothing for them to eat. Not even the sheep find anything.
Leviticus 26:18 - “And if none of this works in getting your attention, I’ll discipline you seven times over for your sins. I’ll break your strong pride: I’ll make the skies above you like a sheet of tin and the ground under you like cast iron. No matter how hard you work, nothing will come of it: No crops out of the ground, no fruit off the trees.
Leviticus 26:21 - “If you defy me and refuse to listen, your punishment will be seven times more than your sins: I’ll set wild animals on you; they’ll rob you of your children, kill your cattle, and decimate your numbers until you’ll think you are living in a ghost town.
1 Kings 8:35 - When the skies shrivel up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, but then they pray at this place, acknowledging your rule and quitting their sins because you have scourged them, Listen from your home in heaven, forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Then start over with them: Train them to live right and well; send rain on the land you gave your people as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky over your head will become an iron roof, the ground under your feet, a slab of concrete. From out of the skies God will rain ash and dust down on you until you suffocate.
Leviticus 26:27 - “And if this—even this!—doesn’t work and you still won’t listen, still defy me, I’ll have had enough and in hot anger will defy you, punishing you for your sins seven times over: famine will be so severe that you’ll end up cooking and eating your sons in stews and your daughters in barbecues; I’ll smash your sex-and-religion shrines and all the paraphernalia that goes with them, and then stack your corpses and the idol-corpses in the same piles—I’ll abhor you; I’ll turn your cities into rubble; I’ll clean out your sanctuaries; I’ll hold my nose at the “pleasing aroma” of your sacrifices. I’ll turn your land into a lifeless moonscape—your enemies who come in to take over will be shocked at what they see. I’ll scatter you all over the world and keep after you with the point of my sword in your backs. There’ll be nothing left in your land, nothing going on in your cities. With you gone and dispersed in the countries of your enemies, the land, empty of you, will finally get a break and enjoy its Sabbath years. All the time it’s left there empty, the land will get rest, the Sabbaths it never got when you lived there.