The Jewish leaders ¹  picked up rocks again to stone him to death.

a place whose stones are sapphires ¹  and which contains dust of gold; ² 

All of them will come and make their home ¹  in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes. ² 

The Lord ¹  said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, ²  but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

For from the top of the rocks I see them; ¹  from the hills I watch them. ²  Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned ³  among the nations.

and throw ¹  your gold ²  in the dust – your gold ³  of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines –

They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle ¹  in the rocks because they lack shelter.

But for now I, the Lord, say: ¹  “I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks. ² 

“Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing ¹  and go at once ²  to Perath. ³  Bury the shorts there ⁴  in a crack in the rocks.”

Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine. ¹ 

Joshua said, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it. ¹ 

You who tear yourself ¹  to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned ²  for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place? ³ 

Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, ¹  from his royal splendor!

He says, ¹  “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

he who shakes the earth out of its place ¹  so that its pillars tremble; ² 

“Surely ²  there is a mine ³  for silver, and a place where gold is refined. ⁴ 

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.

It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag ¹  and a fortress. ²