Quotes about Decision

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,

and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.

“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.