The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
NAH 1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst
thy bonds in sunder.
NAH 1:14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no
more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off
the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou
art vile.
NAH 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform
thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly
cut off.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is
come to the king, even to his house.
SA2 19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore
then are ye the last to bring back the king?
SA2 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my
flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the
host before me continually in the room of Joab.
SA2 19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the
heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return
thou, and all thy servants.
SA2 19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not
been anointed with oil.
SA2 1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the
bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not
empty.
SA2 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and
in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles,
they were stronger than lions.
SA2 1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in
scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your
apparel.
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