Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, ¹  all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. ² 

Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. ¹  When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ²  but I blessed him ³  and gave him numerous descendants. ⁴ 

And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

You must pursue justice alone ¹  so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, ¹  except for Hazor; ²  it was the only one Joshua burned.

Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. ¹  So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children ²  as well as her husband!

Elijah said to them: ¹  “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

So the Lord was furious ¹  with Israel and rejected them; ²  only the tribe of Judah was left.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop ¹  than in a house in company ²  with a quarrelsome wife. ³ 

So I say: “Don’t look at me! ¹  I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try ²  to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.” ³ 

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him, “Sovereign Lord, you know.”

They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

“I have chosen ¹  you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

“But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven ¹  – except the Father alone.

Now to the eternal king, ¹  immortal, invisible, the only ²  God, be honor and glory forever and ever! ³  Amen.

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor? ¹ 

to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

On the first day there will be a holy convocation, ¹  and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind ²  on them, only what every person will eat – that alone may be prepared for you.

“With God ¹  are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. ²