The king’s terrifying anger ¹  is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him ²  sins against himself. ³ 

A shrewd person ¹  sees danger ²  and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going ³  and suffer for it. ⁴ 

Like an archer who wounds at random, ¹  so is the one who hires ²  a fool or hires any passer-by.

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going ¹  and suffer for it.

Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.

¹ They ²  attacked ³  Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash.

Lament, ¹  you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon ²  who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over

Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre. ¹ 

He pursues them and passes by unharmed; ¹  he advances with great speed. ² 

“They cry, ¹  ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, ²  and still we have not been delivered.’

There at home they will say, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! ¹  He has let the most opportune moment pass by.’ ² 

you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. ¹ 

I will make you pass under ¹  the shepherd’s staff, ²  and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

At Adam ¹  they broke ²  the covenant; Oh how ³  they were unfaithful ⁴  to me!

In all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through ¹  your midst,” says the Lord.

But with an overwhelming flood ¹  he will make a complete end of Nineveh; ²  he will drive ³  his enemies into darkness.

They sweep by like the wind and pass on. ¹  But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.” ² 

Please let us pass through ¹  your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; ²  we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’” ³ 

The Lord’s spirit empowered ¹  Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went ²  to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. ³ 

All the land was weeping loudly ¹  as all these people were leaving. ²  As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving ³  on the road that leads to the desert.