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And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.

You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.

The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.

‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!