All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them; who will declare these things? Or who will declare to you things from the beginning? Let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth.

Be My witnesses, and I [too am] a witness, says the Lord God, and My servant whom I have chosen; that you may know, and believe, and understand that I am [He]; before Me there was no other God, and after Me there shall be none.

Draw near to Me, and hear these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, [even] the Lord, and His Spirit, has sent me.

The secret things [belong] to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed [belong] to us and to our children forever, to do all the words of this law.

For this command which I give you this day is not grievous, neither is it far from you.

Neither is it beyond the sea, saying, Who will go over for us to the other side of the sea, and take it for us, and make it audible to us, and we will do it?

And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

You shall proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to you.

For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying],

And look! He is speaking publicly, and they say nothing to Him. Can it be that the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?

Therefore Jesus cried out, as He was teaching in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come on my own, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

(But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him were about to receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always come together, and in secret I spoke nothing.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because they were hearing each one speaking in his own language.

And how [is it that] we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?

When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away My eyes from you; and though you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly; shall not a nation diligently seek their God? Why do they look to the dead concerning the living?

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.

Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up your voice as with a trumpet, and declare to My people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.

saying, Why have we fasted, and You did not see? [Why] have we afflicted our souls, and You did not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts you find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power you wound.

And now [I charge you] before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that you may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you forever.

And he went out to meet Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him out, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all that seek Him, for good; but His power and His wrath [are] upon all that forsake Him.

This is the generation of them that seek Him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.

But I [will cry] to You, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of Your mercy hear me, in the truth of Your salvation.

Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and you shall live.

The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord, but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable to Him.

for you shall seek Me with your whole heart.

Wherefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek Me, and you shall live.

You have spoken grievous words against Me, says the Lord. Yet you said, In what way have we spoken against You?

You said, He that serves God labors in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept His ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?

'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and they honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me.

And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend [it] in [gratifying] your lusts.

Who is this that has come from Edom, [with] red garments from Bosor? Thus fair in his apparel, with mighty strength? I speak of righteousness and saving judgment.

God is not as a man that He should waver, nor as a son of man that He should be threatened; shall He say and not perform? Shall He speak and not keep [His word]?

Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.

[As for God], His works [are] true, and all His ways [are] judgment: God [is] faithful, and there is no unrighteousness [in Him]; just and holy [is] the Lord.

And let them that know Your name hope in You- for You, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek You.

The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved [in] a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls; the testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes.

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, [and] justified altogether.

The works of His hands are truth and judgment; all His commandments are sure;

established forever and ever, done in truth and uprightness.

Righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments.

You have commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] Your testimonies.

Listen to me, for I will speak solemn [truths]; and I will produce right [sayings] from my lips.

For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and He defends those that reverence Him.