On the otherhandI am filledwith power--With the Spiritof the LORD--And with justiceand courageTo makeknownto Jacobhis rebelliousact,Even to Israelhis sin.
"For I am fullof words;The spiritwithinme constrainsme.
"Cryloudly,do not holdback;Raiseyour voicelike a trumpet,And declareto My peopletheir transgressionAnd to the houseof Jacobtheir sins.
The Spiritof the LordGODis upon me, Becausethe LORDhas anointedme To bringgood newsto the afflicted;He has sentme to bindup the brokenhearted,To proclaimlibertyto captivesAnd freedomto prisoners;
To proclaimthe favorableyearof the LORDAnd the dayof vengeanceof our God;To comfortallwho mourn,
"Now behold,I have madeyou todayas a fortifiedcityand as a pillarof ironand as wallsof bronzeagainstthe wholeland,to the kingsof Judah,to its princes,to its priestsand to the peopleof the land.
But if I say,"I will not rememberHim Or speakanymorein His name,"Then in my heartit becomeslike a burningfireShutup in my bones;And I am wearyof holding[it] in, And I cannotendure[it].
But I am fullof the wrathof the LORD;I am wearywith holding[it] in. "Pour[it] out on the childrenin the streetAnd on the gatheringof youngmentogether;For bothhusbandand wifeshall be taken,The agedand the veryold.
Your prophetshave seenfor you false and foolish[visions]; And they have not exposedyour iniquitySo as to restoreyou from captivity,But they have seenfor you false and misleadingoracles.
"Sonof man,makeknownto Jerusalemher abominations
"Will you judgethem, will you judgethem, sonof man?Make them knowthe abominationsof their fathers;
"And you, sonof man,will you judge,will you judgethe bloodycity?Then cause her to knowallher abominations.
Moreover, the LORDsaidto me, "Sonof man,will you judgeOholahand Oholibah?Then declareto them their abominations.
So the Spiritliftedme up and tookme away; and I wentembitteredin the rageof my spirit,and the handof the LORDwas strongon me.
"As for you, sonof man,describethe templeto the houseof Israel,that they may be ashamedof their iniquities;and let them measurethe plan.
for He was teachingthem as [one] havingauthority,and not as their scribes.
and James,the [son] of Zebedee,and Johnthe brotherof James(to them He gavethe nameBoanerges,whichmeans,"Sonsof Thunder");
and my messageand my preachingwere not in persuasivewordsof wisdom,but in demonstrationof the Spiritand of power,