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Proceed to sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord , the God of Israel, "There are devoted things among you, O Israel; you will be unable to stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you."

"Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord , ‘What is this treachery that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away today from following the Lord , by building yourselves an altar today in rebellion against the Lord ?

And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods.

"Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord , curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to the help of the Lord , to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites; and he said to them, "Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of slavery;

and said to them, "Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.'

Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did in opposing the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.

Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord : Are you the one to build me a house to live in?

Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel;

Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul;

Thus says the Lord : I will raise up trouble against you from within your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this very sun.

"Go and say to David: Thus says the Lord : Three things I offer you; choose one of them, and I will do it to you."

He then said to Jeroboam: Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the Lord , the God of Israel, "See, I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and will give you ten tribes.

"Thus says the Lord , You shall not go up or fight against your kindred the people of Israel. Let everyone go home, for this thing is from me." So they heeded the word of the Lord and went home again, according to the word of the Lord .

and proclaimed against the altar by the word of the Lord , and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the Lord : ‘A son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'"

and he proclaimed to the man of God who came from Judah, "Thus says the Lord : Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord , and have not kept the commandment that the Lord your God commanded you,

Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people, made you leader over my people Israel,

For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth."

Then a certain prophet came up to King Ahab of Israel and said, "Thus says the Lord , Have you seen all this great multitude? Look, I will give it into your hand today; and you shall know that I am the Lord ."

Ahab said, "By whom?" He said, "Thus says the Lord , By the young men who serve the district governors." Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?" He answered, "You."