What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back.”’

You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Men of understanding say to me – any wise man listening to me says –

“Present your argument,” says the Lord. “Produce your evidence,” says Jacob’s king.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

They discussed with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

So they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

Let Israel say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

Then he began to teach them by saying:

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.

The deep says, ‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

Therefore say to the people: The Lord who rules over all says, “Turn to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will turn to you,” says the Lord who rules over all.

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!”

Many say about me, “God will not deliver him.” (Selah)