Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

They ¹  said, “Has the Lord only ²  spoken through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?” ³  And the Lord heard it. ⁴ 

Balaam replied, ¹  “Must I not be careful ²  to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?” ³ 

At that time, ¹  Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure. ² 

She said, “Did I ask my master for a son? Didn’t I say, ‘Don’t mislead me?’”

The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹ 

Are not my days few? ¹  Cease, ²  then, and leave ³  me alone, ⁴  that I may find a little comfort, ⁵ 

“Is not God on high in heaven? ¹  And see ²  the lofty stars, ³  how high they are!

All those who behave wickedly ¹  do not understand – ²  those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.

would not God discover it, for he knows ¹  one’s thoughts? ² 

All those who behave wickedly ¹  do not understand ²  – those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God.

You keep track of my misery. ¹  Put my tears in your leather container! ²  Are they not recorded in your scroll? ³ 

Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

so is a person ¹  who deceives his neighbor, and says, “Was I not only joking?” ² 

Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus? ¹ 

As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.” ¹ 

“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’

Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring ¹  darkness, not light – gloomy blackness, not bright light?

Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go ¹  to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”