Because they afflicted the weak and helpless, and He will vindicate the judgment of the meek.

then He opens the understanding of men: He scares them with such fearful visions;

He spares also his soul from death, and does not allow him to fall in war.

And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;

His soul also draws near to death, and his life is in Hades.

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; but a body You have prepared for me; whole burnt offering and [sacrifice] for sin You did not require.

You have neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened your ears; for I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and would be called a transgressor even from the womb.

Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the Holy One of Israel; I am your God, I have shown you how you should find the way in which you should walk.

and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens my ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a dealer of purple cloth of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us, whose heart The Lord opened to give heed to the things spoken by Paul.

So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and have become subject to reproofs.

Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.

You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.

O you simple, understand prudence, and you that are untaught, take in knowledge.

Whoever is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that want understanding she says,

Forsake folly, that you may reign forever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.

Wash, and be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before My eyes; cease from your iniquities;

And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool.

but if you be not willing, nor hearken to Me, a sword shall devour you; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

Seek the Lord, and when you find Him, call upon Him; and when He draws near to you,

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns.

Circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise your hardness of heart, you men of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest My wrath go forth as fire, and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your devices.

Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Correct your ways and your devices, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

For if you thoroughly correct your ways and your practices, and do indeed execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers of old, and forever.

I will judge you, O house of Israel, says the Lord, each one according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity.

Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness in which you have sinned against Me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should you die, O house of Israel?

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God; for the people have fallen through your iniquities.

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that seasons of relaxation may come from the presence of the Lord,

So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.