Moses answered, ‘What if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, “The Lord did not appear to you”? ’
Jeremiah 1:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But I protested, ‘Oh no, Lord God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. [Exod. 4:10; 6:12, 30; I Kings 3:7.] American Standard Version (1901) Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child. Common English Bible “Ah, LORD God,” I said, “I don’t know how to speak because I’m only a child.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. |
Moses answered, ‘What if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, “The Lord did not appear to you”? ’
But Moses said in the Lord’s presence, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am such a poor speaker? ’ ,
But Moses replied in the Lord’s presence, ‘Since I am such a poor speaker, how will Pharaoh listen to me? ’
Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.
And I replied, ‘Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, “You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you lasting peace in this place.” ’
Oh, Lord God! You yourself made the heavens and earth by your great power and with your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you!
So the prophet Jeremiah related all these words to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem
I said, ‘Oh no, Lord God, you have certainly deceived this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, “You will have peace,” while a sword is at our throats.’
But I said, ‘Oh, Lord God, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth.’
He said to him, ‘Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.’