¹⁴ “‘I the Lord have spoken.^(A) The time has come for me to act.^(B) I will not hold back; I will not have pity,^(C) nor will I relent.^(D) You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions,^(E) declares the Sovereign Lord.^(F)’”

²⁰ Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”^(A)

¹⁷ Since you call on a Father^(A) who judges each person’s work^(B) impartially,^(C) live out your time as foreigners^(D) here in reverent fear.^(E)