What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied.

“If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

King Zedekiah said to them, “Very well, you can do what you want with him. For I cannot do anything to stop you.”

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.

When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!

Why should you be like someone who is helpless, like a champion who cannot save anyone? You are indeed with us, and we belong to you. Do not abandon us!”

But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants. I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide. Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed. Not one of them will be left!

The Lord spoke about Damascus. “The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest.