Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important ¹  for your survival. ²  For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”

So we must not grow weary ¹  in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. ² 

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, ¹  who lives securely, who says to herself, ²  ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! ³  I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’ ⁴ 

Do not lose your courage or become afraid because of the reports that are heard in the land. For a report will come in one year. Another report will follow it in the next. There will be violence in the land with ruler fighting against ruler.”

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn ¹  the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects ²  you.

The Lord rules forever! ¹  The nations are driven out of his land. ² 

The Lord laughs in disgust ¹  at them, for he knows that their day is coming. ² 

for evil men will lose their power, ¹  but the Lord sustains ²  the godly.

For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain. ¹ 

but the wicked ¹  will be removed ²  from the land, and the treacherous ³  will be torn away ⁴  from it.

Permit no sleep to your eyes ¹  or slumber to your eyelids.

When there is no guidance ¹  a nation falls, but there is success ²  in the abundance of counselors.

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

You will lose your hold on the land ¹  which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.” ² 

The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold ¹  their brightness.

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ ¹  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. ² 

The Egyptians will panic, ¹  and I will confuse their strategy. ²  They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians. ³ 

Therefore, I will soon ¹  fence her in ²  with thorns; I will wall her in ³  so that ⁴  she cannot find her way. ⁵ 

He said this ¹  to fulfill the word he had spoken, ²  “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” ³