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Job 13:4

New International Reader's Version

But you spread lies about me and take away my good name. If you are trying to heal me, you aren’t very good doctors!

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I sent a reply to Sanballat. I said, “What you are saying isn’t really happening. You are just making it up.”

“I’ve heard many of these things before. All of you are terrible at comforting me!

You have seen those things yourselves. So why do you continue your useless talk?

But my friends have stopped being kind to me. They are like streams that only flow for part of the year. They are like rivers that flow over their banks

They become troubled because they had expected to find some. But when they arrive at the stream beds, they don’t find any water at all.

And now, my friends, you haven’t helped me either. You see the horrible condition I’m in. And that makes you afraid.

The lies of proud people have taken away my good name. But I follow your rules with all my heart.

“Do not be a false witness against your neighbor.

I am against prophets who talk about dreams that did not come from me,” announces the Lord. “They tell foolish lies. Their lies lead my people astray. But I did not send these prophets. I did not appoint them. They do not help my people in the least,” announces the Lord.

No one will stand up for you. There isn’t any medicine for your sore. There isn’t any healing for you.

“People of Egypt, go up to Gilead and get some healing lotion. You may try many medicines, but you will not be healed. There isn’t any healing for you.

They bandage the wounds of my people as if they were not very deep. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say. But there isn’t any peace.

Isn’t there any healing lotion in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? Then why doesn’t someone heal the wounds of my people?

You have not made the weak ones in the flock stronger. You have not healed the sick. You have not bandaged those who are hurt. You have not brought back those who have wandered away. You have not searched for the lost. When you ruled over them, you were mean to them. You treated them badly.

“The people of Ephraim saw how sick they were. The people of Judah saw that they were wounded. Then Ephraim turned to Assyria for help. They sent gifts to the great King Tiglath-Pileser. But he is not able to make you well. He can’t heal your wounds.

Jesus heard that. So he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a doctor. Sick people do. I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”

She had suffered a great deal, even though she had gone to many doctors. She had spent all the money she had. But she was getting worse, not better.




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