Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, , so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them – they find no pleasure in it.
At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning; he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who leads you in the way you should go.
and many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways so that we may walk in his paths.’ For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Go, say to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, “Will you not accept discipline by listening to my words? #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.