A club is counted ¹  as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, ¹  when people promote evil. ² 

I was ignorant ¹  and lacked insight; ²  I was as senseless as an animal before you. ³ 

The dice are thrown into the lap, ¹  but their every decision ²  is from the Lord. ³ 

(The cherubim appeared to have the form ¹  of human hands under their wings.)

I also wanted to know ¹  the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes ²  and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others. ³ 

They look like horses; ¹  they charge ahead like war horses.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Therefore do not let what you consider good ¹  be spoken of as evil.

For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

and they saw ¹  the God of Israel. Under his feet ²  there was something like a pavement ³  made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself. ⁴ 

You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone ¹  doing what seems best to him,

The judge ¹  may sentence him to forty blows, ²  but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite ³  with contempt.

The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz ¹  son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

In just a very short time ¹  Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest. ² 

By means of divine visions ¹  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ²  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier ¹  than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies.

The chariots ¹  race madly ²  through the streets, they rush back and forth ³  in the broad plazas; they look ⁴  like lightning bolts, ⁵  they dash here and there ⁶  like flashes of lightning. ⁷