then ¹  let my arm fall from the shoulder, ²  let my arm be broken off at the socket. ³ 

Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence ¹  is broken. ² 

With an east wind you shatter ¹  the large ships. ² 

Through patience ¹  a ruler can be persuaded, ²  and a soft tongue ³  can break a bone. ⁴ 

“But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword.

“You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones ¹  to pieces. ² 

when they grasped you with their hand, ¹  you broke and tore ²  their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. ³ 

Shortly after his rise to power, ¹  his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky ²  – but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these.