Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, ¹  and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ¹  and I do not burn with indignation?

You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning.

You are my brothers – my very own flesh and blood! ¹  Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?’

But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but ¹  the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.

Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of Lair, ¹  Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, ¹  and he will no doubt ²  curse you to your face!”

You have seized me, ¹  and it ²  has become a witness; my leanness ³  has risen up against me and testifies against me.

The clods of the torrent valley ¹  are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

Rise up, ¹  Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, ²  you will strike ³  all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth ⁴  of the wicked. ⁵ 

My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ¹  but God always ²  protects my heart and gives me stability. ³ 

my bones were not hidden from you, when ¹  I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. ² 

“At that time ¹  Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished, ²  and he will become skin and bones. ³ 

Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. ¹  They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted. ² 

Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.” ¹ 

because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity. ¹ 

So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

and their bones ¹  were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money ²  from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

This is what the Lord says: “Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion’s mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. ¹  They will be left with just a corner of a bed, ²  and a part ³  of a couch.”

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, ¹  and while he was asleep, ²  he took part of the man’s side ³  and closed up the place with flesh. ⁴