Invitation

“Who told thee that thou wast naked?”

“Is not the whole land before thee?”

“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?”

“Have they done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me?”

“Wherefore standest thou without?”

“Look ye so sadly to day?”

“Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground?”

“What is that in thine hand?”

“Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country?”

“You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself?”

“Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt?”

“How long will this people provoke me?”

“What men are these with thee?”

“Select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee?”

“What kind of children are these?”

“Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge?”

“Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings?”

“What wouldest thou?”

“What wilt thou?”

“There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there?”

“Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!?”

“Hannah, why weepest thou?”

“Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?”

“And honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?”

“What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?”

“Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?”

“Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day?”

“What aileth thee?”

“What wouldest thou?”

“Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you?”

“Ahijah, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else?”

“What doest thou here, Elijah?”

“Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?”

“Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me?”

“Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead ?”

“Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead ?”

“Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”

“Wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle?”

“What is to be done for thee?”

“Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth?”

“Unto which of all us?”

“Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?”

“Ask for whatever you want me to give you?”

“Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead ?”

“Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead ?”

“Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick?”

“What wilt thou, queen Esther?”

“What is thy petition?”

“What is thy petition, queen Esther?”

“Whence comest thou?”

“Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?”

“From whence comest thou?”

“Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?”

“When I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness?”

“To water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert?”

“To whom I gave the wasteland as his home, the salt flats as his habitat?”

“She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand?”

“Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider?”

“At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry?”

“Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is?”

“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?”

“Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low?”

“Look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand?”

“Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox?”

“It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword?”

“The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby?”

“How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?”

“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”

“What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?”

“What hast thou here?”

“Who is blind, but my servant?”

“Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?”

“Against whom do ye sport yourselves?”

“Jeremiah, what seest thou?”

“What seest thou?”

“If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again?”

“and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.?”

“Fear ye not me?”

“Will you not learn a lesson from this, Jerusalem? How long will my wrath burn against you?”

“We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?”

“Who is the wise man, that may understand this?”

“What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee?”

“And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?”

“Gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter?”

“Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery?”

“Hast thou seen this, O son of man?”

“The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?”

“Albeit I have not spoken?”

“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?”

“For why will ye die, O house of Israel?”

“For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!?”

“Are ye come to enquire of me?”

“Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them?”

“Thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?”

“Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?”

“For why will ye die, O house of Israel?”

“Is the way of the Lord not just? I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”

“And shall ye possess the land?”

“Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well?”

“Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures?”

“Son of man, can these bones live?”

“Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband?”

“He destroys you, O Israel, for you are against me, against your helper. Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?”

“Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting?”

“Amos, what seest thou?”

“Amos, what seest thou?”

“Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?”

“If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy?”

“Is not this people unclean? Is not every work of their hands unclean?”

“What seest thou?”

“Knowest thou not what these be?”

“Knowest thou not what these be?”

“What seest thou?”