We have not been unfaithful, ¹  nor have we disobeyed your commands. ² 

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. ¹ 

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned. ¹ 

“For a short time I abandoned ¹  you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

I will make ¹  the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord.”

I will strike you brutally ¹  and destroy you because of your sin.

After this many of his disciples quit following him ¹  and did not accompany him ²  any longer.

for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem ¹  were going away and believing in Jesus.

The land will be abandoned by them ¹  in order that it may make up for ²  its Sabbaths while it is made desolate ³  without them, ⁴  and they will make up for their iniquity because ⁵  they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred ⁶  my statutes.

Some men from Manasseh joined ¹  David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.”) ² 

Now the day began to draw to a close, ¹  so ²  the twelve came and said to Jesus, ³  “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging ⁴  and food, because we are in an isolated place.” ⁵ 

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; ¹  he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. ²  But sinful rebels live in the desert. ³ 

Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses, jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces. ¹  Her time is almost up, ²  her days will not be prolonged. ³ 

They will be called, “The Holy People, the Ones Protected ¹  by the Lord.” You will be called, “Sought After, City Not Abandoned.”

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

The grains of seed ¹  have shriveled beneath their shovels. ²  Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

“The virgin ¹  Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up.” ² 

and rejected Esau. ¹  I turned Esau’s ²  mountains into a deserted wasteland ³  and gave his territory ⁴  to the wild jackals.”

The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

When ¹  the apostles returned, ²  they told Jesus ³  everything they had done. Then ⁴  he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town ⁵  called Bethsaida. ⁶