<p class="bodytext">God said to Moses, &#8220;<sc>I amsc> that <sc>I amsc>.&#8221;<n id="1" /> And he said, &#8220;You must say this<n id="2" /> to the Israelites, &#8216;<sc>I amsc> has sent me to you.&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="poetry">He has made me<n id="1" /> a byword<n id="2" /> to people,p> <p class="poetry">I am the one in whose face they spit.<n id="3" />p>

But I (the <sc>Lordsc> says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem<n id="1" /> and the source of glory in her midst.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I should have been as though I had never existed;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I should have been carriedp> <p class="poetry">right from the womb to the grave!p>

<p class="poetry">Then you will again be my peoplep> <p class="poetry">and I will be your God.<n id="1" />p>

They will be my people, and I will be their God.<n id="1" />

So now go, and I will be with your mouth<n id="1" /> and will teach you<n id="2" /> what you must say.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> said to him, &#8220;Ah, but<n id="1" /> I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Or why<n id="1" /> was<n id="2" /> I not buried<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like a stillborn infant,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">like infants<n id="5" /> who have never seen the light?<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am<n id="1" /> a laughingstock<n id="2" /> to my friends,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I, who called on God and whom he answered<n id="4" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a righteous and blameless<n id="5" /> manp> <p class="poetry">is a laughingstock!p>

<p class="poetry">When you did these things, I was silent,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so you thought I was exactly like you.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But now I will condemn<n id="3" /> youp> <p class="poetry">and state my case against you!<n id="4" />p>

I, the <sc>Lordsc>, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince<n id="1" /> among them; I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken!p>

Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">I will be like the dew to Israel;p> <p class="poetry">he will blossom like a lily,p> <p class="poetry">he will send down his roots like a cedar of<n id="1" /> Lebanon.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth<n id="1" /> and with his mouth,<n id="2" /> and I will teach you both<n id="3" /> what you must do.<n id="4" />

No one will be able to resist you<n id="1" /> all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.

She said, &#8220;You really are being kind to me,<n id="1" /> sir,<n id="2" /> for you have reassured<n id="3" /> and encouraged<n id="4" /> me, your servant,<n id="5" /> even though I am<n id="6" /> not one of your servants!&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

<p class="bodytext">David said to Saul, &#8220;Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father<n id="1" /> in Israel that I should become the king&#8217;s son-in-law?&#8221;

I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

Hushai replied to Absalom, &#8220;No, I will be loyal to the one whom the <sc>Lordsc>, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen.<n id="1" />