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thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Job xvi, 11, 12. God had delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Job xix, 21, 22. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Job xxxiii, 10, 11. Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy; He putteth my feet in the stocks, he imarketh all my paths.

Job xxxvii, 20. Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

PENALTY OF BLASPHEMY.

Lev. xxiv, 15, 16, 23. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that

they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 Kings xix, 27, 28. But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against Because thy rage against me. me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which

thou camest.

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1 Kings viii, 28. Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day.

2 Chron. vi, 19. Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee.

Job xiii, 20-22. Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee: Withdraw thine hand far from me; and let not thy dread make me afraid: Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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Ps. v, 1, 2. Give ear to my Hearken unto the words, O LORD; consider my meditation. Voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

Ps. xxviii, 1. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Ps. liv, 2. Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Ps. Iv, 1. Give ear to my prayer O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Ps. lxi, 1. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

Ps. lxxxiv, 8. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Ps. lxxxvi, 6. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Ps. cvill, 6. That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Ps. cxix, 149. Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

Ps. cxl, 6. I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

Ps. cxliii, 1. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

THE COMMISSION.

2 Chron. Xxxvi, 15. And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place.

Isa. vi, 8. Also I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me,

Jer. i, 10. See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

Ezek. 11, 7. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are

most rebellious.

Ezek. iii, 4. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

Ezek. xi, 4. Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of

man.

Rev. x, 11. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

TO SAMUEL.

1 Sam. iii, 4-10. That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And be went and lay down. And the

LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. And LORD called

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2 Sam. xxii, 1. And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the

hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

2 Sam. xxili, 1,2. Now these be the son of Jesse said, and the man the last words of David. David who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

David the son of Jesse are ended Ps. lxxii, 20. The prayers of

SOLOMON.

Prov.xxx, 1. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal.

Isa. xill, 1. The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

Isa. xiv, 28. In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

Isa. xxxviii. 4. Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying.

JEREMIAH.

Jer. 1, 4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Jer. vii, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying.

Jer. xi, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, say. ing.

Jer. xili, 8. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Jer. xvi, 1. The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying.

Jer. xviii, 1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying.

Jer. xx, 1. Now Pashur the son also chief governor in the house of Immer the priest, who was

of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

Jer. xxv, 1, 2. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth Year of Jehoiakim the son of the first year of Nebuchadrezzar Josiah king of Judah, that was king of Babylon; The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the people of Judah, and to saying.

Jer. xxvi, 1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, came this word from the LORD, saying.

Jer. xxvii, 1. In the beginning

Prov. xxxi, 1. The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that of the reign of Jehoiakim the son his mother taught him. of Josiah king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying.

ELIJAH.

Samuel again the third time. of the LORD came unto him, say1 Kings xvil, 8. And the word

And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lle down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

ing.

1 Kings xxl, 17, 28. And the Word of the LORD came to Elijah tho Tishbite, saying. And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tisbite saying.

ISAIAH.

Isa. 11, 1. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Isa. viii, 5. The LORD spake also unto me again, saying.

Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jer. xxix, 1, 24, 30 Now these are the words of the letter that

Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xxx, 1, 4. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,

saying. And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah.

Jer. xxxii, 1, 6. 26. The word thai came to Jeremial from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekia king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xxxiil, 1, 19, 23. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison,) saying. And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiali, saying.

Jer. xxxiv, 12, 13 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jere miah from the LORD, saying, Thus saith the LoRo, the God of Israel, I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying.

Jer. xxxv, 12. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xxxvi, 1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the sou of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremial from the LouD, saying.

Jer. xxxvii, 6. Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xl. 1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramab, when he had taken him, being bound in chaius among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captivo uuto Babylon.

Jer. xlill, 8. Then came the

word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Talpanhes, saying.

Jer. xliv, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Nopli, and in the country of Pathros, saying

Jer. xlvi, 1, 2. The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; Against Egypt, ag inst the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

Jer. xlix 34. The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the

prophet against Elam in the be

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Ezek. xxix, 1, 17. In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the Ezek. xi, 14. Again the word of first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD LORD came unto me, saying. came unto me, saying.

me,

Ezek. xii, 1, 8, 17, 21. The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying. And in the morning came the word of the LoxD unt saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me saying.

Ezek. xiii, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek xiv, 12. The word of the LORD came again to me, saying. Ezek. xv, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xvi, 1. Again the word of

Ezek. xvii, 1, 11. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xviii, 1. The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying.

Ezek. xx, 45. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxi, 1, 8, 18. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. The word of the LORD caine unto me again, saying,

Ezek. xxii, 1, 17, 23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxiii, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxiv, 1, 15, 20. Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxv, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxvi, 1. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the

Ezek. xxx, 1, 20. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. And it came to pass in the

eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month,

that the word of the LORD came uuto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxi, 1. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxii, 1, 17. And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the filteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxiii,1, 23. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxiv, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxv, 1. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxvi, 16. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxvii, 15. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxviii, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

AMOS.

Amos, and said to Amaziali, I was Amos vil, 14. 15. Then answered phet's son; but I was an herdman, no prophet, neither was I a proand a gatherer of sycamore fruit: And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

JONAH.

Jonah iii, 1. And the word of

the LORD came unto Jonah the were in Egypt in Pharaoh's
second time, saying.
house.

HAGGAI.

Haggal ii, 1, 10, 20. In the Beventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the pro phet Haggai, saying, In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying.

ZECHARIAH.

Zech. 1, 7. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, (the son of Barachial, the son of Iddo,) the prophet, saying.

Zech. iv, 8. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Zech. vi, 9. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Zech. vii, 1, 4, 8. And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, eren in Chisleu; Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, And the word of the LORD came uuto Zechariah, saying.

Zech. viii, 1, 18. Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying.

II.

THE QUALIFICATION. Num xi, 25-27. And the LORD come down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders; and it came to pass, that, when the spint rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them, (and they were of them that were written, but

1 Sam. ix, 10. Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 2 Sam. xxiv, 11. For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD cune unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying.

1 Kings xiii, 14. And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he sai unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

2 Kings iii, 12, 13 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, went down to him. And the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Ny; for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Elisha said unto

2 Kings iv, 9. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us coutinually.

2 Kings vili, 7, 8. And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this discuse.

2 Chron. xx, 14, 15. Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benafah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came midst of the congregation; And the Spirit of the LORD in the he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat; Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid or dismayed by reason of this great multitude: for the battle is not yours, but God's.

And now

Isa xlviii, 16. the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said 1, Ah Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child. But the LORD said unto me. Sy not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall sent thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and the LOR, said unto nie, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I com

and thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thes before them. For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

Jer. xi, 18. And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.

Therefore thus

Jer. xv, 19, 21. saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious trom the vile, thon shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. And I will deliver thes out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

Ezek. ii, 6. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words: though briers and thorns be with scorpions: be not afraid of their thee, and thou dost dwell among words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Ezek. iii, 8, 24. Behold, I have me thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spike with me, and stid unto me, Go. liut thyself within thine

Isa 1, 4. The Lord Gop hath went not out unto the taber-given me the tongue of the learn-house. nacle) and they prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

1 Sam. i, 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did 1 plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they

e, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned

Jer. i, 5-9, 17-19. Before I formed thee in the belly I know thee; and before thou camest forth outof the womb I sanctified thee; and 1

Amos ili, 7. Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Micah iii, 8. But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declire unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Luke 1, 67. And his father |
Zacharias was filled with
Holy Ghost, and prophesied, say-
ing.

commanded thee. But
God
the camest back, and hast eaten bread
and drunk water in the place of
the which the LORD did say to
thee, Eat no bread, and drink no
water, thy carcase shall not come
unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

1 Sam. x, 6, 9-13. And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. And it came to pass, when all that knew him before time saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

1 Sam. xix, 20-23. And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. And he went thither to

Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he

III.

THE COMMUNICATION. Num. xii, 6, 7. And he said, Hear now my words; If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

1 Sam. iii, 21. And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the

LORD.

they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. xxxiii, 22. Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came, and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Amos iii, 8. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Heb. i, 1. God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.

Heb. iv, 1. After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.

IV

THE PROPHETS.

Num. xxii, 8, 18-20, 38. And he

Jer. xx, 9, 10. Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, FIDELITY ON THE PART OF and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

All my

Ezek. ii, 1, 2. And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet and I will speak unto thee. And the spirit entered into me, when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

Ezek. iii, 22, 23, 27. And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will

there talk with thee.

Then I

arose, and went forth into the
plain; and, behold, the glory of

the LORD stood there, as the

said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word unto me. And the princes of again, as the LORD shall speak Moab abode with Balaam. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go be yond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt

thou do. And Balaam said unto

Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to

went on and prophesied, until he glory which I saw by the river of Say any thing? the word that God

came to Naioth in Ramah.

1 Kings xiii, 18-22. He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, Saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD carne unto the prophet that brought him back: And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and last not kept the commandment, which the LORD thy

Chebar: and I fell on my face.
But when I speak with thee, I
will open thy mouth, and thou
shalt say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD. He that heareth,
let him hear; and he that forbear-
eth, let him forbear: for they are
a rebellious house.

Ezek. xxiv, 27. In that day shall
thy mouth be opened to him which
is escaped, and thou shalt speak,
and be no more dumb: and thou
shalt be a sign unto them; and
they shall know that I am the
LORD

Ezek. xxix, 21. In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and 666

Putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Num. xxiii, 5, 11-13, 16-18, 26, 27. And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return And Balak said unto unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine

enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence. And the LORD met

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