Then I will stop the plague ¹  from ruining your crops, ²  and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest,” says the Lord who rules over all.

She answered, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

When ¹  the layer of dew had evaporated, ²  there on the surface of the desert was a thin flaky substance, ³  thin like frost on the earth.

“If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

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

Elisha ¹  just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. ²  Then the prophet started crying.

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence ¹  know him ²  any more.

They glide by ¹  like reed ²  boats, like an eagle that swoops ³  down on its prey. ⁴ 

Fire resides in his tent; ¹  over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

My skin has turned dark on me; ¹  my body ²  is hot with fever. ³ 

Have you entered the storehouse ¹  of the snow, or seen the armory ²  of the hail,

Into your hand I entrust my life; ¹  you will rescue ²  me, O Lord, the faithful God.

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, ¹  for they say, ²  “Who hears?”

He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes. ¹ 

The tongue of the wise ¹  treats knowledge correctly, ²  but the mouth of the fool spouts out ³  folly.

Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble. ¹ 

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked ¹  because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

The Lord says to Edom, ¹  “I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind.

When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. ¹ 

Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. ¹