While he was speaking to me, I looked down at the ground, unable to say a word. Then the one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, "I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak. How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe."
While he was speaking to me, I looked down at the ground, unable to say a word.
Ezekiel 24:27 "And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the LORD." (see verses 15-27)
Luke 1:20 "But now, since you didn't believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly be fulfilled at the proper time." (see verses 5-25)
Then the one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak.
Isaiah 6:7 He touched my lips with it and said, "See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed and your sins are forgiven." (see all chapter 6)
Jeremiah 1:9-10 Then the LORD reached out and touched my mouth and said, "Look, I have put my words in your mouth! Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant." (see verses 4-10)
I said to the one standing in front of me, "I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak."
Isaiah 21:3 My stomach aches and burns with pain. Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me like those of a woman in labor. I grow faint when I hear what God is planning; I am too afraid to look. (see verses 1-10)
Daniel 7:15 I, Daniel, was troubled by all I had seen, and my visions terrified me. (see verses 1-15)
"How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe."
Exodus 24:10-11 There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence! (see all chapter 24)
Isaiah 6:3-5 They were calling out to each other,
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven's Armies!
The whole earth is filled with his glory!"
Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke. Then I said, "It's all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies." (see all chapter 6)
(parentheses are mine)
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