Verily your deeds will be brought back to you, as if you yourself were the creator of your own punishment

the appropriate punishment for ... these vicious acts ... will be available in the federal system.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; / That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: / And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Regarding those who face the death penalty, I announce that we are changing that punishment and will make (the maximum penalty) life imprisonment.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: / But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

Whoso hath left debt and children, let him come to me; I am their patron, I will discharge his debt and befriend his children