If ¹  anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths ²  and completely consumes ³  their enemies. If ⁴  anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.

If a man inflicts an injury on ¹  his fellow citizen, ²  just as he has done it must be done to him –

Hurry and look ¹  at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ² 

But the one who does not find me ¹  brings harm ²  to himself; ³  all who hate me ⁴  love death.”

The Beloved to Her Lover: Catch ¹  the foxes ²  for us, the little foxes, ³  that ruin the vineyards ⁴  – for our vineyard is in bloom.

“I, the Lord, say: ¹  ‘This shows how ²  I will ruin the highly exalted position ³  in which Judah and Jerusalem ⁴  take pride.

But Paul called out loudly, ¹  “Do not harm yourself, ²  for we are all here!”

For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers ¹  nor blasphemers of our goddess. ² 

I know that after I am gone ¹  fierce wolves ²  will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.” ¹ 

For we have been sold ¹  – both I and my people – to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”

but your father has humiliated ¹  me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth – just as he inflicts an injury on another person ¹  that same injury ²  must be inflicted on him.

The king said, “Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”

He was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed ¹  Israel and ruled over Syria.

By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed! ¹ 

You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; ¹  you stored up water in the lower pool.

But I will most surely ¹  heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. ²  I will show them abundant ³  peace and security.

because I am with you, and no one will assault ¹  you to harm ²  you, because I have many people in this city.”