“Then I wanted to know the meaning ¹  of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others. It was very dreadful, with two rows of iron teeth and bronze claws, and it devoured, crushed, and trampled anything that was left with its feet.

“But surely I gave ¹  you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. ²  Still you did not come back to me.” The Lord is speaking!

I will take away their abominable religious practices; ¹  then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, ²  like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

This is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. ¹  If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. ²  But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him. ³ 

“This is why ¹  my troubled thoughts bring me back ²  – because of my feelings ³  within me.

Then make sure you don’t speak evil words ¹  or use deceptive speech! ² 

But they deceived him with their words, ¹  and lied to him. ² 

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. ¹ 

I said, ¹  “O Lord, rescue me ²  from those who lie with their lips ³  and those who deceive with their tongue. ⁴ 

who speak lies, and make false promises. ¹ 

When ¹  you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

The ¹  robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. ² 

Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: ¹  Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork ²  in his hand.

when those who keep watch over the house ¹  begin to tremble, ²  and the virile men begin to stoop over, ³  and the grinders ⁴  begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim, ⁵ 

and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill ¹  grows low, and one is awakened ²  by the sound of a bird, and all their ³  songs ⁴  grow faint, ⁵ 

This is what the Lord says: “Because Damascus has committed three crimes ¹  – make that four! ²  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ³  They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth. ⁴ 

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. ¹ 

The mighty lion ¹  perishes ²  for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness ³  are scattered.

Can anyone catch it by its eyes, ¹  or pierce its nose with a snare? ² 

The Ephraimites ¹  were armed with bows, ²  but they retreated in the day of battle. ³