This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

At that time ¹  the Lord will punish ²  the heavenly forces in the heavens ³  and the earthly kings on the earth.

“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. ¹  They set deadly traps ²  to catch people.

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. ¹  It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them. ² 

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, ¹  people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.

Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering ¹  its body.

“Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.

It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

When ¹  the crowd saw this, they were afraid ²  and honored God who had given such authority to men. ³ 

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings ¹  or birds or four-footed animals ²  or reptiles.

All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another. ¹ 

Now this secret ¹  was not disclosed to people ²  in former ³  generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by ⁴  the Spirit,

Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him ¹  or the son of man that you care for him?

For every high priest is taken from among the people ¹  and appointed ²  to represent them before God, ³  to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

For people ¹  swear by something greater than themselves, ²  and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. ³ 

And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, ¹  and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

Then ¹  one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath ²  of God who lives forever and ever,

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground ¹  and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

So,” the Lord God ¹  says, “my raging fury will be poured out on this land. ²  It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. ³  And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”