Woe is me, [my] mother! You have born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth. I have not helped [others], nor has anyone helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.

Will iron be known? Whereas your strength is a bronze covering.

And I will enslave you to your enemies round about, in a land which you have not known; for a fire has been kindled out of My wrath; it shall burn upon you.

Consume them, and Your word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart. For Your name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.

Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? My wound is severe; when shall I be healed? It has indeed become to me as deceitful water that has no faithfulness.

Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no longer speak in His name. But it was a burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and cannot bear [up].

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, I am the Lord. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt whatsoever I say to you.

And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am not able in speech, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.

And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before My face, My soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth.

And Elijah the prophet, the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.

It is fit that an observant man and [one] diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men.

[ 3:8] Thus says the Lord Almighty; If you will walk in My ways, and take heed to My charges, then shall you judge My house: and if you will diligently keep My court, then will I give you men to walk in the midst of these that stand here.

And the angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to proclaim the good news to you of these things.

Watch therefore, praying always that you may be counted worthy to escape everything that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to make you stand before His glory, blameless with exultation,

to distinguish between sacred and profane, and between clean and unclean,

And they shall no longer tell a fool to rule, and your servants shall no longer say, Be silent.

For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and He will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.

Her priests also have set at nought My law, and profaned My holy things: they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.

And they shall teach My people [to distinguish] between holy and profane, and they shall make known to them [the difference] between unclean and clean.

But solid food is for the mature, for those because of their practice have their senses trained for the distinguishing of both good and evil.

And now go, and I will open your mouth, and will instruct you in what you shall say.

And you shall speak to him; and you shall put My words into his mouth, and I will open your mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you shall do.

And he shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be for him in things pertaining to God.

He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."

For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you must say."

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict nor to withstand.

And Jeremiah said, They shall in no wise deliver you up. Hear the word of the Lord which I speak to you; and it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

But if you will not go forth, this is the word which the Lord has shown me.

And you shall speak My words to them, whether they will hear or fear; for they are a provoking house.

And He said to me, Son of man, receive into your heart all the words that I have spoken to you, and hear [them] with your ears.

And go your way, go in to the captivity, to the children of your people, and you shall speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord; whether they will hear, [or] whether they will refuse.

For I did not draw back from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know [Him thus] no longer.

For do I just now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

to whom not even for an hour did we yield in subjection, that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.