The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab:
but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
JDG 11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed
the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the
land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not
within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
JDG 11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray
thee, through thy land into my place.
JDG 11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but
Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: of the sea.
MIC 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to
Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
NAH 1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the
Elkoshite.
NAH 1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and
is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he
reserveth wrath for his enemies.
NAH 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at
all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the
storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
JOS 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this
Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to
them, even to the children of Israel.
JOS 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that
have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
JOS 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river,
the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great
sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
JOS 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will
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