but those ¹  who did not take ²  the word of the Lord seriously left their servants and their cattle ³  in the field.

(That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. ¹  The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. ² 

In just a very short time ¹  Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest. ² 

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. ¹  For ²  from now on ³  all generations will call me blessed, ⁴ 

This means ¹  it is not the children of the flesh ²  who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

God chose ¹  what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

He regarded abuse suffered for Christ ¹  to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on ²  the reward.

when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ¹  and does not reject ²  their request. ³ 

This brought him a reward, an eternal gift. ¹ 

It is time for the Lord to act – they break your law!

They are regarded as ‘rejected silver’ ¹  because the Lord rejects them.”

Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ¹  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ² 

So then from now on we acknowledge ¹  no one from an outward human point of view. ²  Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, ³  now we do not know him in that way any longer.

if I looked at the sun ¹  when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; ¹  I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar. ² 

Yet because of you ¹  we are killed all day long; we are treated like ²  sheep at the slaughtering block. ³ 

When he is judged, he will be found ¹  guilty! ²  Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings ¹  I saw at the Kebar River.

He said, ¹  “In a certain city ²  there was a judge ³  who neither feared God nor respected people. ⁴ 

None of the rest dared to join them, ¹  but the people held them in high honor. ²