He chose the best land for himself; the leader’s portion was kept for him. When the heads of the people assembled, he carried out the Lord’s righteous will, and his judgments concerning Israel.”

After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.

There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.

Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

whose mother was from Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any design given to him. He will work with your skilled workers and with those of my lord, David your father.

Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.

After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.

Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.

Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord.

Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

Woes and Judgments

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

For with fire and with his sword the Lord will execute judgment on all people, and many will be those slain by the Lord.

I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made.

a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them.”

There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.

Judgment on the Idolaters

Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, “Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand.”

You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.

“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments—sword and famine and wild beasts and plague—to kill its men and their animals!

I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me.

I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment upon you.

I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.