For I hate putting away,
saith Yahweh, the God of Israel.»
He is even credited with writing: «Am I a God at hand,
saith Yahweh, and not a God afar off?
Thus
saith Yahweh: «I can not endure iniquity and solemn assembly.»
saith Yahweh: I have had enough of the burnt - offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he - goats.»
And I will be found of you,
saith Yahweh.»
Jeremiah 9:23 — Thus
saith Yahweh, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; 24but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Yahweh who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight,
saith Yahweh.
Not exact matches
As I live,
saith the Lord
Yahweh, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right... he shall surely live,
saith the Lord
Yahweh.
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,
saith the Lord
Yahweh.
and Ezekiel in one of his most splendid passages deliberately played on the word's double meaning as he pictured the spiritual resuscitation of his dead nation: «Thus
saith the Lord
Yahweh: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.»
«I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,
saith the Lord
Yahweh.»
He denied that righteous lives can exercise saving power — «Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it [the land], they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,
saith the Lord
Yahweh.»