“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite ¹  of the lions,

Do you make it leap ¹  like a locust? Its proud neighing ²  is terrifying!

Then I myself will acknowledge ¹  to you that your own right hand can save you. ² 

Will it make a pact ¹  with you, so you could take it ²  as your slave for life?

Then I will teach ¹  rebels your merciful ways, ²  and sinners will turn ³  to you.

Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power ¹  of the wicked!

No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

I planted, ¹  Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with ¹  sound teaching.

But when they gazed intently ¹  from a distance but did not recognize ²  him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. ³ 

Know for certain that ¹  I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be ²  uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.” ³ 

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. ¹  In days to come ²  you people will come to understand this clearly. ³ 

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this. ¹ 

Now therefore kill every boy, ¹  and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man. ² 

“Call now! ¹  Is there anyone who will answer you? ²  To which of the holy ones ³  will you turn? ⁴ 

“How long will you speak these things, ¹  seeing ²  that the words of your mouth are like a great ³  wind? ⁴ 

I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn ¹  me; tell me ²  why you are contending ³  with me.’

Will your idle talk ¹  reduce people to silence, ²  and will no one rebuke ³  you when you mock? ⁴ 

“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, ²  my ears have heard and understood it.