Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you will not die at our hand”;

I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

Neither hast thou delivered

As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,

She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Lord.

Therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

General references

“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”

And the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.