Then Moses said to God, “But the people of Israel will not believe me when I tell them that you sent me. They will say, ‘The Lord [30] did not appear to you.’”
Jeremiah 1:6 - Easy To Read Version Then Jeremiah said, “But Lord All-Powerful, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. [Exod. 4:10; 6:12, 30; I Kings 3:7.] American Standard Version (1901) Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child. Common English Bible “Ah, LORD God,” I said, “I don’t know how to speak because I’m only a child.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. |
Then Moses said to God, “But the people of Israel will not believe me when I tell them that you sent me. They will say, ‘The Lord [30] did not appear to you.’”
But Moses answered, “The people of Israel refuse to listen to me! So surely Pharaoh will also refuse to listen. I am a very bad speaker! [50] ”
I became very scared. I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure (good) enough to speak to God. And I live among people that are not pure enough to speak to God. {\cf2\super [66]} Yet I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”
But I said to the Lord, “Lord, my Master, the prophets were telling the people something different. They were telling the people of Judah, ‘You people will not suffer from an enemy’s sword. You will never suffer from hunger. The Lord will give you peace in this land.’”
“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.
Then I, Jeremiah, said, “Lord my Master, you have really tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem. You said to them, ‘You will have peace.’ But now the sword is pointing at their throats!”
Then I (Ezekiel) said, “Oh, but Lord my Master, I have never eaten any unclean food. I have never eaten meat from an animal that died from a disease or from an animal that was killed by a wild animal. I have never eaten unclean meat—not from the time I was a little baby until today. None of that bad meat ever entered my mouth.”
He said to him, “Run and tell that young man that \{Jerusalem will be too big to measure\}. Tell him these things: