I am nothing but a servant. {And you have been so kind to me.} But you have also said these kind things about my future family. Lord, my Master, you don’t always talk like this to people, do you?
2 Kings 3:18 - Easy To Read Version It is easy for the Lord to do. He will also let you defeat the Moabites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will deliver the Moabites also into your hands. American Standard Version (1901) And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. Common English Bible This is easy for the LORD to do. He will also hand Moab over to you. Catholic Public Domain Version And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And this is a small thing in the sight of the Lord. Moreover he will deliver also Moab into your hands. |
I am nothing but a servant. {And you have been so kind to me.} But you have also said these kind things about my future family. Lord, my Master, you don’t always talk like this to people, do you?
It was not enough for Ahab to do the same sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had done. So Ahab also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal. Ethbaal was the king of the people of Sidon. Then Ahab began to serve and worship Baal. [190]
At the same time, a prophet went to King Ahab. The prophet said, “King Ahab, the Lord says to you, ‘Do you see that big army? I, the Lord, will allow you to defeat that army today. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
King Ahab led the army and took all horses and chariots from the army of Aram. So King Ahab caused a great defeat of the Aramean army.
A man of God [222] came to the king of Israel with this message: “The Lord said, ‘{The people of} Aram said that I, the Lord, am God of the mountains. They think that I am not also the God of the valleys. So I will allow you to defeat this big army. Then you will know that I am the Lord {in every place}!’”
Also, to reward you, I will give you those things that you did not ask for. All your life, you will have riches and honor. There will be no other king in the world as great as you.
Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten steps. No, make the shadow go back ten steps.”
“You are a very important servant to me.\par The people of Israel are prisoners,\par but they will be brought back to me.\par Jacob’s family groups will come back to me.\par But, you have another job;\par it is even more important than this!\par I will make you a light for all nations.\par You will be my way to save\par all the people on earth.”\par
Then Isaiah said, “Family of David, {\cf2\super [85]} listen very carefully! You test the people’s patience—and this is not important to you. So, now you test my God’s patience.
“Lord God, you made the skies and the earth. You made them with your great power. There is nothing too wonderful for you to do.
“Jeremiah, I am the Lord. I am the God of every person on the earth. Jeremiah, you know that nothing is impossible for me.”
Jesus looked at the followers and said, “This is something that people cannot do themselves. It must come from God. God can do all things.”
With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of.