It hurls itself against him without pity ¹  as he flees headlong from its power.

“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally ¹  so that he dies,

He throws his hailstones ¹  like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? ² 

Look, the Lord will throw you far away, ¹  you mere man! ²  He will wrap you up tightly. ³ 

I will force you and your mother who gave you birth into exile. You will be exiled to ¹  a country where neither of you were born, and you will both die there.

This man, Jeconiah, will be like a broken pot someone threw away. He will be like a clay vessel ¹  that no one wants. ²  Why will he and his children be forced into exile? Why will they be thrown out into a country they know nothing about? ³ 

With his hands ¹  he covers ²  the lightning, and directs it against its target.

Those ¹  who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ¹  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ²  that his father had decided to kill David.

But ¹  the Lord hurled ²  a powerful ³  wind on the sea. Such a violent ⁴  tempest arose on the sea that ⁵  the ship threatened to break up! ⁶ 

“But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

Pay back our neighbors in full! ¹  May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! ² 

You have brought to an end his splendor, ¹  and have knocked ²  his throne to the ground.

Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them! ¹ 

Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications ¹  into the sea – she will be consumed by fire.

If ¹  anyone’s name ²  was not found written in the book of life, that person ³  was thrown into the lake of fire.

You split the sea before them, and they crossed through ¹  the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers ²  into the depths, like a stone into surging ³  waters.

In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. ¹ 

So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.’”