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Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?
They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers roughly.
A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave for ever?
Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,
‘The silver and gold belong to me’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
