“Be patient with me a bit longer and I will show you that there is more to say on God’s behalf.
Bear with me as I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
Look, I am the same as you before God; I too am formed from clay.
Then Elihu said further:
I get my knowledge from afar; I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
He will be your spokesman to the people, so that he may act as a mouthpiece for you, and it will be as if you were as God for him.
Therefore thus says Adonai: “If you return, I will restore you, you will stand before Me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will be as My mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
You will speak My words to them, whether they will listen or whether they will refuse to listen—for they are rebellious.
We are therefore ambassadors for Messiah, as though God were making His appeal through us. We beg you on behalf of Messiah, be reconciled to God.
But I urge you, brothers and sisters, listen patiently to this word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you in few words.