The LORD therefore spake thus of the citizens of Anathoth, that sought to slay me, saying, "Preach not unto us in the name of the LORD, or else thou shalt die of our hands."

I am come in my father's name, and ye receive me not. If another shall come in his own name, him will ye receive.

Neither hast thou delivered

Like as a woman with child, when her travail cometh upon her, is sorry and crieth in her pains: Even so are we, O LORD, in thy sight.

Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: "Behold, I will lay a stone in Zion, a great stone, a costly corner stone, for a sure foundation: that whoso putteth his trust in him, shall not be confounded.

For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

General references

"Go and bid Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."

And the Egyptians vexed us and troubled us, and laded us with cruel bondage.