Isaiah 58:1

True and False Fasting

1 Cry aloud; do not hold back;
alift up your voice like a trumpet;
bdeclare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 1:17

17But you, cdress yourself for work;
Hebrew gird up your loins
arise, and esay to them everything that I command you. fDo not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

Ezekiel 2:6-8

6And you, son of man, gbe not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, hthough briers and thorns are with you and you sit on iscorpions.
Or  on scorpion plants
Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
7And you shall speak my words to them, kwhether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

8“But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. lBe not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and meat what I give you.”

Ezekiel 3:9-11

9Like nemery harder than flint have I made your forehead. oFear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.” 10Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, pall my words that I shall speak to you receive qin your heart, and hear with your ears. 11And go to the exiles, rto your people, and speak to them and say to them, sThus says the Lord God,’ twhether they hear or refuse to hear.”

Jonah 3:2

2Arise, go to uNineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.”

Micah 3:8

8But as for me, vI am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob whis transgression
and to Israel his sin.

Ephesians 6:19-20

19and xalso for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth yboldly to proclaim zthe mystery of the gospel, 20for which I aaam an ambassador abin chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

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