“So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.”
Spirit transport in bitterness and heat of spirit indicates not ecstatic joy but profound emotional and spiritual turmoil; prophet commission-burdened by need speaking unwelcome judgment to loved people. Yet divine hand remains strong upon him, providing strength despite psychological suffering; pattern established: divine enablement does not eliminate inherent suffering of speaking hard truths to resistant people.
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