I will take away their abominable religious practices; ¹  then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, ²  like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

פ (Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. ¹  They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, “We have destroyed ²  her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!” ³ 

May your mouth ¹  be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together. ² 

This is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. ¹  If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. ²  But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him. ³ 

The mighty lion ¹  perishes ²  for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness ³  are scattered.

Then make sure you don’t speak evil words ¹  or use deceptive speech! ² 

But they deceived him with their words, ¹  and lied to him. ² 

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. ¹ 

I said, ¹  “O Lord, rescue me ²  from those who lie with their lips ³  and those who deceive with their tongue. ⁴ 

when those who keep watch over the house ¹  begin to tremble, ²  and the virile men begin to stoop over, ³  and the grinders ⁴  begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim, ⁵ 

and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill ¹  grows low, and one is awakened ²  by the sound of a bird, and all their ³  songs ⁴  grow faint, ⁵ 

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. ¹ 

“This is why ¹  my troubled thoughts bring me back ²  – because of my feelings ³  within me.

Can anyone catch it by its eyes, ¹  or pierce its nose with a snare? ² 

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, ¹  for they say, ²  “Who hears?”

The Ephraimites ¹  were armed with bows, ²  but they retreated in the day of battle. ³ 

We have had our fill ¹  of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

who speak lies, and make false promises. ¹ 

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce ¹  than gold from Ophir.

The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; ¹  the men of Kir ²  prepared ³  the shield. ⁴