with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it. ¹ 

that it might seize the corners of the earth, ¹  and shake the wicked out of it?

but the wicked ¹  will be removed ²  from the land, and the treacherous ³  will be torn away ⁴  from it.

I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. ¹  Kings of countries ²  will come from her!”

You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you.

For I am aware of all his regulations, ¹  and I do not reject his rules. ² 

The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire; ¹ 

If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans ¹  –

with a bud under the first ¹  two branches from it, and a bud under the next ²  two branches from it, and a bud under the third ³  two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Their buds and their branches will be one piece, ¹  all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

Their buds and their branches were of one piece; ¹  all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

Next he presented the grain offering, filled his hand with some of it, and offered it up in smoke on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering. ¹ 

But he refused to listen to her. ¹  He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her. ² 

The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate ¹  them.

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ¹ 

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; ¹  he will not go back on his word. ²  He said, ³  “I will place one of your descendants ⁴  on your throne.

Train ¹  a child ²  in the way that he should go, ³  and when he is old he will not turn from it. ⁴ 

“When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

“Her sister Oholibah watched this, ¹  but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

It has tried my patience; ¹  yet its thick rot is not removed ²  from it. Subject its rot to the fire! ³