His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

Who can open the doors of its mouth? ¹  Its teeth all around are fearsome.

A foolish child is a grief ¹  to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him. ² 

May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice. ¹ 

“Look up at the hilltops and consider this. ¹  You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. ²  You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. ³  You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods. ⁴ 

I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, ¹  and you will know that I am the Lord.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. ¹ 

When ¹  she had weaned ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: ¹ 

I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.” ¹ 

You have sent to John, ¹  and he has testified to the truth.

If he said, ¹  ‘The speckled animals ²  will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, ‘The streaked animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

“As for the diseased person who has the infection, ¹  his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, ²  and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

You must not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister and your father’s sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. ¹  They must bear their punishment for iniquity. ² 

Now the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born ¹  to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.

Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! ¹  The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, ²  demolished ³  its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins. ⁴