There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.
But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?
Only be certain that, if you put me to death, you will make yourselves and your town and its people responsible for the blood of one who has done no wrong: for truly, the Lord has sent me to you to say all these words in your ears.
Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.
For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.
And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see:
So that not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one will come back, but only those who are able to get away.
O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.
We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.
If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.
But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;
And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.
Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:
If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!
If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!
Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.
If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)
Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.
If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!
And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.
Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.
If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!
They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!
If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!
If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.
No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?
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