But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ ¹  get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.

He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. ¹  Jeroboam drove Israel away ²  from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. ³ 

From the ends of the earth we ¹  hear songs – the Just One is majestic. ²  But I ³  say, “I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!” ⁴ 

From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away ¹  all that our ancestors ²  worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.

‘Death has climbed in ¹  through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for ¹  these people, I would not feel pity for them! ²  Get them away from me! Tell them to go away! ³ 

and on the mountains and in the fields. ¹  I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price ²  for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

He has already spoken about these things that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem away as captives. ¹ 

Moreover, I, the Lord, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces ¹  will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away. ² 

Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me? You hate me ¹  and sent me away from you.”

Now then, my son, do what I say. ¹  Run away immediately ²  to my brother Laban in Haran.

She became pregnant ¹  and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.” ² 

In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

When some ¹  shepherds came and drove them away, ²  Moses came up and defended them ³  and then watered their flock.

Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, ¹  but my face must not be seen.” ² 

Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar ¹  and spread a purple cloth over it.

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you. ¹ 

However, if you ¹  turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

All the reinforcements ¹  in Ai ²  were ordered ³  to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

Israel’s power continued to overwhelm ¹  King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with ²  him. ³