Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”

Let destruction take them by surprise! ¹  Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction! ² 

Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you; indeed, ¹  every morning it will sweep by, it will come through during the day and the night.” ²  When this announcement is understood, it will cause nothing but terror.

When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; ¹  because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. ¹  If we wait until dawn, ²  we’ll be punished. ³  So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”

Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. ¹  Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it. ² 

You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

(17:28) ¹  Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the Lord will die! Are we all to die?” ² 

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

It wraps its roots around a heap ¹  of stones ²  and it looks ³  for a place among stones. ⁴ 

His vigorous steps ¹  are restricted, ²  and his own counsel throws him down. ³ 

“And now my soul pours itself out within me; ¹  days of suffering take hold of me.

I chase my enemies and catch ¹  them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

No harm will overtake ¹  you; no illness ²  will come near your home. ³ 

In the darkness a light ¹  shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just. ² 

The wicked ¹  will be captured by his ²  own iniquities, ³  and he will be held ⁴  by the cords of his own sin. ⁵ 

Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant ¹  he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

Flog ¹  a scorner, and as a result the simpleton ²  will learn prudence; ³  correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge. ⁴ 

for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, ¹  and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring? ²