men ¹  who were carried off ²  before their time, ³  when the flood ⁴  was poured out ⁵  on their foundations? ⁶ 

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, ¹  when God takes away his life? ² 

Because God has untied ¹  my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence. ² 

then ¹  let my arm fall from the shoulder, ²  let my arm be broken off at the socket. ³ 

Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; ¹  they go off, and do not return to them.

Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble? ² 

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind ¹  and the gale.”

May the Lord be constantly aware of them, ¹  and cut off the memory of his children ²  from the earth!

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; ¹  I am shaken off like a locust.

I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ¹  Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

A wise person is cautious ¹  and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint ²  and is overconfident. ³ 

Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, ¹  so is sending ²  a message by the hand of a fool. ³ 

So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk ¹  in one day.

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. ¹  Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.” ² 

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; ¹  they themselves ²  head off into captivity. ³ 

Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.

“‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.

I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, ¹  the stronghold of Egypt; I will cut off ²  the hordes of Thebes.

After a priest ¹  has become ceremonially clean, they ²  must count off a period of seven days for him.