Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; (Isaiah 58:9)
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 13:8)
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. (Zechariah 10:2)
False prophets and false religion give people empty comforting lies instead of hard truth. If we refuse to change our speech, to speak about Jesus and about eternal things, God may not give us the blessing of Isaiah 58 to always be there when we call. The only way to be sure of the blessing is to meet its conditions. But to change our habits of conversation so dramatically will be a problem of enormous difficulty, surely I need Jesus' help to even begin.
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