Study Desk

I hate your new moons and your special suppers. They have become heavy upon Me. I am tired of carrying them.

Now I will tell you what I am going to do to My grape-field. I will take away its fence and it will be destroyed. I will break down its wall and it will be crushed under foot.

Then I said, "It is bad for me, for I am destroyed! Because I am a man whose lips are unclean. And I live among a people whose lips are unclean. For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of All."

Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom should I send? Who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

See, I am going to make the Medes go against them, who will not want silver or be happy with gold.

The king's sons of Zoan are very foolish. The words of Pharaoh's wisest men are foolish words. How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of early kings"?

For this reason my body is full of suffering. Pains have taken hold of me like the pains of a woman giving birth. I am so troubled that I cannot hear. I am so afraid that I cannot see.

I, the Lord, am its keeper. I water it all the time. I watch over it day and night so no one will hurt it.

I am not angry. If someone were to give Me thistles and thorns in battle, I would step on them. I would burn them together.

And no one living there will say, "I am sick." The people who live there will be forgiven of their sin.

I said, "Half-way through my life I am to go through the gates of the place of the dead. The rest of my years have been kept from me."

I make noise like the birds. I cry like a dove. My eyes are tired from looking up. O Lord, I am having a hard time. Keep me safe.

Who has done this, calling out all the people from the beginning? I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He."

Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will give you strength, and for sure I will help you. Yes, I will hold you up with My right hand that is right and good.

For I am the Lord your God Who holds your right hand, and Who says to you, ‘Do not be afraid. I will help you.'

"I am the Lord. I have called you to be right and good. I will hold you by the hand and watch over you. And I will give you as an agreement to the people, as a light to the nations.

I am the Lord. That is My name. I will not give My shining-greatness to another, or My praise to false gods.

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, Who saves you. I have given Egypt as pay for your life, and have traded Cush and Seba for you.

Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bring your children from the east, and I will gather you from the west.

"You can speak for Me," says the Lord. "You are My servant whom I have chosen so that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. No God was made before Me, and there will be none after Me.