'Answer' in the Bible

Cry aloud with thy voice, daughter of Gallim, Give attention, Laish! answer her, Anathoth.

All of them answer and say unto thee, Even thou hast become weak like us! Unto us thou hast become like!

And what doth one answer the messengers of a nation? 'That Jehovah hath founded Zion, And in it do the poor of His people trust!'

And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not.

And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.