He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

You will look for me ¹  but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

They will never follow a stranger, ¹  but will run away from him, because they do not recognize ²  the stranger’s voice.” ³ 

So ¹  I made up my own mind ²  not to pay you another painful visit. ³ 

But I say, live ¹  by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. ² 

Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear ¹  right through him into the ground with one swift jab! ²  A second jab won’t be necessary!”

I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, ¹  but not forever.” ² 

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. ¹ 

But the person who endures to the end will be saved. ¹ 

For there is no partiality with God.

For our God is indeed a devouring fire. ¹ 

Come, let’s go down and confuse ¹  their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.” ² 

But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”

If ¹  he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If ²  he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like ³  a Gentile ⁴  or a tax collector. ⁵ 

He ¹  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ²  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ³ 

Won’t ¹  God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out ²  to him day and night? ³  Will he delay ⁴  long to help them?

She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. ¹  He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, ²  nor will he build siege works against it.

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. ¹  He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, ²  nor will he build siege works against it.

To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; ¹  he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make ²  an idol that will not fall over.