Terrors ¹  frighten him on all sides and dog ²  his every step.

Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

Do you wish to torment ¹  a windblown ²  leaf and chase after dry chaff? ³ 

then you scare me ¹  with dreams and terrify ²  me with ³  visions,

I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. ¹  There will not be any survivors to scare them away.

They called out loudly in the Judahite dialect to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, trying to scare and terrify them so they could seize the city.

All of them were wanting ¹  to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.” So now, strengthen my hands! ² 

They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ¹  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ²  me.

On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; ¹  for beware – it is coming!

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

chase them with your gale winds, and terrify ¹  them with your windstorm.

(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

Then the local people ¹  began to discourage ²  the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.

who ¹  would take his ²  rod ³  away from me so that his terror ⁴  would not make me afraid.

The cities of Aroer are abandoned. ¹  They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace. ² 

In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s ¹  heart as fearful ²  as his own.”

Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs – also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me!