Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again ¹  what has occurred ²  in the past. ³ 

Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, ¹  and your children ²  like its granules. Their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence. ³ 

Our holy temple, our pride and joy, ¹  the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed. ² 

The grains of seed ¹  have shriveled beneath their shovels. ²  Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

“I tell you the truth, ¹  whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your ¹  faith in the power ²  of God who raised him from the dead.

One of the beast’s ¹  heads appeared to have been killed, ²  but the lethal wound had been healed. ³  And the whole world followed ⁴  the beast in amazement;

Jacob’s sons killed them ¹  and looted the city because their sister had been violated. ² 

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,

So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, ¹ 

You have been taught that the Lord alone is God – there is no other besides him.

You have been rebelling against him ¹  from the very first day I knew you!

Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

His hair ¹  began to grow back after it had been shaved off.

Once the bull had been slaughtered, they brought the boy to Eli.

She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”

When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces. ¹