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Ezekiel 24:27
And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
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Psalms 137:6
May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.
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Psalms 51:15
Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you.
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Ezekiel 2:3-8
“ Son of man,” he said,“ I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been rebelling against me to this very day.They are a stubborn and hard hearted people. But I am sending you to say to them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’And whether they listen or refuse to listen— for remember, they are rebels— at least they will know they have had a prophet among them.“ Son of man, do not fear them or their words. Don’t be afraid even though their threats surround you like nettles and briers and stinging scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls, even though they are rebels.You must give them my messages whether they listen or not. But they won’t listen, for they are completely rebellious!Son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not join them in their rebellion. Open your mouth, and eat what I give you.”
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Amos 5:10
How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
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Micah 3:6-7
Now the night will close around you, cutting off all your visions. Darkness will cover you, putting an end to your predictions. The sun will set for you prophets, and your day will come to an end.Then you seers will be put to shame, and you fortune tellers will be disgraced. And you will cover your faces because there is no answer from God.”
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Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the Lord says:“ The children I raised and cared for have rebelled against me.
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Hosea 4:17
Leave Israel alone, because she is married to idolatry.
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Jeremiah 1:17
“ Get up and prepare for action. Go out and tell them everything I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, or I will make you look foolish in front of them.
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Lamentations 2:9
Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground. He has smashed their locks and bars. Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands; her law has ceased to exist. Her prophets receive no more visions from the Lord.
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Luke 1:20-22
But now, since you didn’t believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly be fulfilled at the proper time.”Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah to come out of the sanctuary, wondering why he was taking so long.When he finally did come out, he couldn’t speak to them. Then they realized from his gestures and his silence that he must have seen a vision in the sanctuary.
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Psalms 36:11-12
Don’t let the proud trample me or the wicked push me around.Look! Those who do evil have fallen! They are thrown down, never to rise again.
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Amos 8:11-12
“ The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign Lord,“ when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or water but of hearing the words of the Lord.People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from border to border searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.