Lest to their face I dismay thee.
See I have thee set this day
A fenced city and walls of bronze
To the kings and princes of Judah,
Her priests and the folk of the land;
They shall fight but master thee never,
For with thee am I to deliver—
Rede of the Lord.[135]
Jeremiah was silenced and went forth to his ministry—the Word upon his lips and the Lord by his side.
Two further observations are natural.