They lost their appetite for all food, ¹  and they drew near the gates of death.

The raging water would have overwhelmed us. ¹ 

if ¹  you seek ²  it like silver, ³  and search for it ⁴  like hidden treasure,

who leave ¹  the upright ²  paths to walk on the dark ³  ways,

Mourn over the field, ¹  over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine!

ז (Zayin) Remember ¹  my impoverished and homeless condition, ²  which is a bitter poison. ³ 

For this reason whoever is smart ¹  keeps quiet ²  in such a time, for it is an evil ³  time.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ¹ 

Now ¹  when the other ten ²  heard this, ³  they were angry with the two brothers.

Now ¹  when the other ten ²  heard this, ³  they became angry with James and John.

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ¹  whose consciences are seared. ² 

The young man did not delay in doing what they asked ¹  because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah ²  badly. (Now he was more important ³  than anyone in his father’s household.) ⁴ 

Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; ¹  each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing.

Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin; not one of them is missing.

Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, ¹  make room for us so we can live here.’ ² 

Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. ¹  Stop killing innocent people ²  in this land. Stop paying allegiance to ³  other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. ⁴ 

One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. ¹  They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured. ² 

Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.

And now I advise ¹  you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost. ² 

I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.