my bones were not hidden from you, when ¹  I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. ² 

I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

and Joanna the wife of Cuza ¹  (Herod’s ²  household manager), ³  Susanna, and many others who provided for them ⁴  out of their own resources.

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. ¹  Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.

Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep. All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.

Can food that is tasteless ¹  be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white ²  of an egg?

“Have I ¹  ever said, ²  ‘Give me something, and from your fortune ³  make gifts ⁴  in my favor’?

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions ¹  spread over the land.

Not so with the wicked! Instead ¹  they are like wind-driven chaff. ² 

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. ¹ 

We will seize ¹  all kinds ²  of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. ³ 

The lazy person does not roast ¹  his prey, but personal possessions ²  are precious to the diligent.

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest ¹  gathers it for someone who is gracious ²  to the needy.

Egypt is totally incapable of helping. ¹  For this reason I call her ‘Proud one ²  who is silenced.’” ³ 

Look, all of them are nothing, ¹  their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance. ² 

I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey ¹  for us, our children, and all our property.

His possessions ¹  included ²  7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. ³  Thus he ⁴  was the greatest of all the people in the east. ⁵ 

Have you ¹  not made a hedge ²  around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed ³  the work of his hands, and his livestock ⁴  have increased ⁵  in the land.

Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters ¹  cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions ²  to buy love, ³  the offer ⁴  would be utterly despised. ⁵