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James 5:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the Lord’s anger against his people blazed up beyond remedy.

Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and stability in my lifetime.”

In vain I struck your children; correction they did not take. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

Had they stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people, They would have brought them back from their evil ways and from their wicked deeds.

Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve a death sentence; it is in the name of the Lord, our God, that he speaks to us.”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.

whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. Whoever speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praise.

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.

Do not complain, brothers, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.




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