This is what your Lord says – the Lord, even your God, who defends his people – ‘Look, I have removed from your hand the cup that causes staggering; that goblet, the cup of my fury. You will never drink it again.
In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us , with inexpressible groanings.
But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go.’ ” ’
King Solomon answered his mother, ‘Why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my elder brother, you might as well ask the kingship for him, for the priest Abiathar, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.’ ,
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: ‘Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.