(Make the chain, ¹  because the land is full of murder ²  and the city is full of violence.)

When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, ¹  there were ²  twins in her womb.

He will yet ¹  fill your mouth with laughter, ²  and your lips with gladness.

Before his time ¹  he will be paid in full, ²  and his branches will not flourish. ³ 

his body ¹  well nourished, ²  and the marrow of his bones moist. ³ 

I would lay out my case ¹  before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me ¹  constrains me. ² 

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite ¹  of the lions,

Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth? ¹ 

who are always ready to do wrong ¹  or offer a bribe. ² 

I praise you constantly and speak of your splendor all day long. ¹ 

O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes!

which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

then your barns will be filled completely, ¹  and your vats ²  will overflow ³  with new wine.

that I may cause ¹  those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill ²  their treasuries. ³ 

They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. ¹  The Egyptians mourned ²  for him seventy days. ³ 

And you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent for seven days, until the day when your days of ordination are completed, because you must be ordained over a seven-day period. ¹ 

This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. ¹  The land experienced ²  its sabbatical years; ³  it remained desolate for seventy years, ⁴  as prophesied. ⁵ 

Their land is full of gold and silver; there is no end to their wealth. ¹  Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots. ²