Quotes About Communication

You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

Then Hilkiahís son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaphís son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:

Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”

You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: