Lexicon :: Strong's H5749 - ʿûḏ

But Judah said to him, “The man specifically warned us, ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’

The LORD directed Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD; otherwise many of them will die.

Moses responded to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, since you warned us: Put a boundary around the mountain and consecrate it.”

“However, if the ox was in the habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.

“If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them, I testify against you today that you will certainly perish.

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

“Assemble all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.

he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.

“Listen to them, but solemnly warn them and tell them about the customary rights of the king who will reign over them.”

So the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Didn’t I make you swear by the LORD and warn you, saying, ‘On the day you leave and go anywhere else, know for sure that you will certainly die’? And you said to me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will obey.’

Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king! ” Then take him out and stone him to death.

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king! ” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Still, the LORD warned Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.”

They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

Nevertheless, he sent them prophets to bring them back to the LORD; they admonished them, but the people would not listen.

But they were disobedient and rebelled against you.

They flung your law behind their backs

and killed your prophets

who warned them

in order to turn them back to you.

They committed terrible blasphemies.

You warned them to turn back to your law,

but they acted arrogantly

and would not obey your commands.

They sinned against your ordinances,

which a person will live by if he does them.

They stubbornly resisted,[fn]

stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors

did not obey your law

or listen to your commands

and warnings you gave them.

At that time I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force[fn] against you.” After that they did not come again on the Sabbath.

When they heard me, they blessed me,

and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.[fn]

They collapse and fall,

but we rise and stand firm.

“Listen, my people, and I will speak;

I will testify against you, Israel.

I am God, your God.

“Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.

Israel, if you would only listen to me!

Though the ropes of the wicked

were wrapped around me,

I did not forget your instruction.

The LORD protects resident aliens

and helps the fatherless and the widow,

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

The LORD helps the oppressed

but brings the wicked to the ground.

“I have appointed[fn] trustworthy witnesses ​— ​the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”

Who can I speak to and give such a warning[fn]

that they will listen?

Look, their ear is uncircumcised,[fn]

so they cannot pay attention.

See, the word of the LORD has become contemptible to them —

they find no pleasure in it.

“For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again,[fn] ‘Obey me.’

“I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

“Yet you, Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Purchase the field and call in witnesses’ ​— ​even though the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans! ”

“Fields will be purchased, the transaction written on a scroll and sealed, and witnesses will be called on in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in Judah’s cities ​— ​the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, and the cities of the Negev ​— ​because I will restore their fortunes.”[fn]

This is the LORD’s declaration.

“The LORD has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: ‘Don’t go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today!

What can I say on your behalf?

What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem?

What can I liken you to,

so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion?

For your ruin is as vast as the sea.

Who can heal you?

Listen and testify against the house of Jacob —

this is the declaration of the Lord GOD,

the God of Armies.

Then the angel of the LORD charged Joshua,

And you ask, “Why? ” Because even though the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.