I, I have spoken – yes, I have summoned him; I lead him and he will succeed. ¹ 

“We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us! ¹ 

I too will clap my hands together, I will exhaust my rage; I the Lord have spoken.”

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced ¹  these days.

“Indeed, you have said in my hearing ¹  (I heard the sound of the words!):

People say wonderful things about you, ¹  O city of God. (Selah)

Then ¹  some of the experts in the law ²  answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well!” ³ 

“I have spoken these things while staying ¹  with you.

Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince ¹  among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!

¹ “‘If you ²  sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses –

Now if you say to yourselves, ¹  ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ ²  –

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment. ¹ 

Each of you should merely ask the prophet, ‘What answer did the Lord give you? Or what did the Lord say?’ ¹ 

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

For if Joshua had given them rest, God ¹  would not have spoken afterward about another day.

When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he ¹  said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you – they have spoken well.

Joab replied, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit ¹  of their brothers!”

Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, ¹  all you people.”

So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! ¹  Do as you promised, ²