Life proceeds all other liberties, for without life no other liberties matter. God is just and His justice is awakened by the cries of the Innocents:
"""“A cry was heard in Ramah—
weeping and great mourning.
Rachel weeps for her children,
refusing to be comforted,
for they are dead.”""" (Matthew 2:18)
The prophets trembled at the prospect of God's impending judgement. Do we tremble as well?