Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. ¹  I did not know they were saying, ²  “Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! ³  Let’s remove Jeremiah ⁴  from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.” ⁵ 

Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God – harshness toward those who have fallen, but ¹  God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; ²  otherwise you also will be cut off.

He will not look on the streams, ¹  the rivers, which are the torrents ²  of honey and butter. ³ 

He calmed the storm, ¹  and the waves ²  grew silent.

If ¹  someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling ²  in the end.

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

a loving doe, ¹  a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated ²  by her love always.

“At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem ¹  will be told, ‘A scorching wind will sweep down from the hilltops in the desert on ²  my dear people. ³  It will not be a gentle breeze for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff. ⁴ 

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

The waters completely overwhelmed ¹  the earth, and the ark floated ²  on the surface of the waters.

After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop. ¹ 

For to the snow he says, ‘Fall ¹  to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ²  ‘Pour down.’ ³ 

Will it make numerous supplications to you, ¹  will it speak to you with tender words? ² 

May I experience your compassion, ¹  so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

Although ¹  he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, ²  yet ³  he shows favor to the humble. ⁴ 

When I was a son to my father, ¹  a tender only child ²  before my mother,

A generous woman ¹  gains honor, and ruthless men ²  seize wealth. ³ 

In the light of the king’s face ¹  there is life, and his favor is like the clouds ²  of the spring rain. ³ 

It is better to be lowly in spirit ¹  with the afflicted than to share the spoils ²  with the proud.

Before destruction the heart ¹  of a person is proud, but humility comes ²  before honor. ³