"You've exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. "You've had the vessels from his Temple brought into your presence. "And you, your officials, and your wives and mistresses drank wine from them. "You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which can't see, hear, or demonstrate knowledge. "But you didn't honor God, who holds in his power your very life and all your ways.

"You have spoken arrogant words against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, "What did we say against you?'

He asked, "Who are you, Lord?"

About that time, Herod arrested some people who belonged to the church and mistreated them.

Strengtheneth

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?"

Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I don't know about the LORD, nor will I let Israel go!"

You are still acting arrogantly against my people by not letting them go.

and the Philistines were terrified. "God has come into the camp," they said. "How terrible for us, because nothing like this has ever happened before!

Why should you harden your hearts just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? Isn't it true that after God toyed with them, they let Israel go, and off they went?

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

"Band together, you nations, but be shattered! Listen, all you distant countries! Strap on your armor, but be shattered.

"For the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful heart of Assyria's king and the haughty look in his eyes.

Who has performed and carried this out, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD the first and will be with the last I am the One!"

General references

You are still acting arrogantly against my people by not letting them go.

But the descendants of Benjamin wouldn't obey the request of their own relatives, the Israelis, so the descendants of Benjamin assembled from the cities of Gibeah to fight the Israelis in battle.

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,