In the fire ¹  were what looked like ²  four living beings. ³  In their appearance they had human form, ⁴ 

They had human hands ¹  under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.

Brothers and sisters, ¹  I offer an example from everyday life: ²  When a covenant ³  has been ratified, ⁴  even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

yet was rebuked ¹  for his own transgression (a dumb donkey, ²  speaking with a human voice, ³  restrained the prophet’s madness). ⁴ 

“I do not accept ¹  praise ²  from people, ³ 

revealing ¹  that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, ²  written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets ³  but on tablets of human hearts.

– children not born ¹  by human parents ²  or by human desire ³  or a husband’s ⁴  decision, ⁵  but by God.

Yet the Most High ¹  does not live in houses made by human hands, ²  as the prophet says,

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Their ¹  idols are made of silver and gold – they are man-made. ² 

The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made. ¹ 

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, ¹  and delighting ²  in its people. ³ 

For this reason all hands hang limp, ¹  every human heart loses its courage. ² 

Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ¹  and strengthened me.

For they loved praise ¹  from men more than praise ²  from God.

Since many ¹  are boasting according to human standards, ²  I too will boast.

He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines ¹  with human bones.