This is how the Lord responds:“ If you return to me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve me. If you speak good words rather than worthless ones, you will be my spokesman. You must influence them; do not let them influence you!

耶和华如此说：“你若归回，我就将你再带来，使你站在我面前；你若将宝贵的和下贱的分别出来，你就可以当作我的口。他们必归向你，你却不可归向他们。

所以耶和华如此说：“你若回转，我就使你归回，站在我面前。你若能将宝物和无用之物分别出来，你就可以当作我的口。他们必归向你，你却不可归向他们。

所以耶和华如此说：“你若回转，我就使你归回，站在我面前。你若能将宝物和无用之物分别出来，你就可以当作我的口。他们必归向你，你却不可归向他们。

耶和华对我说：“如果你回心转意，我就让你重新事奉我。如果你说有益的话，不说无益的话，就可以做我的发言人，百姓便会归向你，但你不可受他们的影响。

因此，耶和华这样说：“如果你回转，我必让你回来，你就可以侍立在我面前。如果你说宝贵的话，不说无价值的话，就必作我的口。他们要归向你，你却不要归向他们。

耶和華如此說：你若歸回，我就將你再帶來，使你站在我面前；你若將寶貴的和下賤的分別出來，你就可以當作我的口。他們必歸向你，你卻不可歸向他們。

所以耶和華如此說：「你若回轉，我就使你歸回，站在我面前。你若能將寶物和無用之物分別出來，你就可以當作我的口。他們必歸向你，你卻不可歸向他們。

所以耶和華如此說：「你若回轉，我就使你歸回，站在我面前。你若能將寶物和無用之物分別出來，你就可以當作我的口。他們必歸向你，你卻不可歸向他們。

耶和華對我說：「如果你回心轉意，我就讓你重新事奉我。如果你說有益的話，不說無益的話，就可以做我的發言人，百姓便會歸向你，但你不可受他們的影響。

因此，耶和華這樣說：“如果你回轉，我必讓你回來，你就可以侍立在我面前。如果你說寶貴的話，不說無價值的話，就必作我的口。他們要歸向你，你卻不要歸向他們。

所以永恆主這麼說：『你若轉回來，我就要將你帶回，讓你侍立在我面前，你若將寶貴的和賤劣的分別出來，你就可以做我的口舌；他們必轉回來歸於你，你卻不可轉去歸於他們。

耶和華曰、爾若歸誠、我必導爾復立我前、爾若取貴者於劣者中、則可為我口、民必歸爾、爾勿歸彼、

耶和華曰、如爾歸誠、則可為我僕、如爾能別善惡、則可傳我命、民當從爾、爾勿狥民。

主如是云、如爾歸誠、則我使爾歸、立於我前、如爾能以善別於惡、則可代我傳言、則可代我傳言原文作則可成如我口彼當歸爾、爾勿歸彼、

Therefore this is what the Lord says:“ If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

So the Lord says to Jeremiah,“ If you turn away from your sins, I will heal you. And then you will be able to serve me. Speak words that are worthy, not worthless. Then you will be speaking for me. Let these people turn to you. But you must not turn to them.

Therefore thus says the Lord:“ If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: If you return, I will take you back; you will stand in my presence. And if you speak noble words, rather than worthless ones, you will be my spokesman. It is they who must return to you; you must not return to them.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:“ If you return, then I will restore you— You will stand before Me; And if you extract the precious from the worthless, You will become My spokesman. They, for their part, may turn to you, But as for you, you are not to turn to them.

Therefore thus says the Lord:“ If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them.

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak noble words, rather than worthless ones, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must return to you; you must not return to them.

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again,[ and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

Because of this, the LORD said,“ You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.

Therefore Yahweh says,“ If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: If you follow my ways and carefully serve me, then you will be given authority over my Temple and its courtyards. I will let you walk among these others standing here.

They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.

Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them.

You must distinguish between what is sacred and what is common, between what is ceremonially unclean and what is clean.

Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.

for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!

for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

Then he said to the disciples,“ Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”

Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.

Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.Aaron will be your spokesman to the people. He will be your mouthpiece, and you will stand in the place of God for him, telling him what to say.

You must give them my messages whether they listen or not. But they won’t listen, for they are completely rebellious!

Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”

Then the Lord said to me,“ Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!

Jeremiah replied,“ You won’t be handed over to them if you choose to obey the Lord. Your life will be spared, and all will go well for you.But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has revealed to me:

for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said.”

But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It’s like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can’t do it!

Then the angel said,“ I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. It was he who sent me to bring you this good news!

Do you see any truly competent workers? They will serve kings rather than working for ordinary people.

Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”

Then he added,“ Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself.Then go to your people in exile and say to them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ Do this whether they listen to you or not.”

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab,“ As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives— the God I serve— there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

he said to him,“ I am the Lord! Tell Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, everything I am telling you.”But Moses argued with the Lord, saying,“ I can’t do it! I’m such a clumsy speaker! Why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

But we refused to give in to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the gospel message for you.

Then I said,“ What sorrow is mine, my mother. Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go. I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay— yet they all curse me.”The Lord replied,“ I will take care of you, Jeremiah. Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf in times of trouble and distress.Can a man break a bar of iron from the north, or a bar of bronze?At no cost to them, I will hand over your wealth and treasures as plunder to your enemies, for sin runs rampant in your land.I will tell your enemies to take you as captives to a foreign land. For my anger blazes like a fire that will burn forever.”Then I said,“ Lord, you know what’s happening to me. Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors! Please give me time; don’t let me die young. It’s for your sake that I am suffering.When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.I never joined the people in their merry feasts. I sat alone because your hand was on me. I was filled with indignation at their sins.Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook, like a spring that has gone dry.”

So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now!

“ Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”

In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Scoundrels will not be respected.For fools speak foolishness and make evil plans. They practice ungodliness and spread false teachings about the Lord. They deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty.