“‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(C)’”

³⁰ “Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent!^(A) Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.^(B)

“‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’^(B)

⁵ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

¹³ because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.^(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

⁵ But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath^(A), when his righteous judgment^(B) will be revealed. ⁶ God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”^{[a](C) 7} To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor^(D) and immortality,^(E) he will give eternal life.^{(F) 8} But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,^(G) there will be wrath and anger.^{(H) 9} There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:^(I) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;^{(J) 10} but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.^(K)

² For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.^(A)

Blessings for God’s People

¹⁶ Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered^(A) garments. Clothed^(B) with terror, they will sit on the ground,^(C) trembling^(D) every moment, appalled^(E) at you.

²⁵ “‘You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come,^(A) whose time of punishment has reached its climax,^(B)