Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?

he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone – it will come back on him.

The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs.” And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

Yes, wild dogs surround me – a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)

Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

“If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, “I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.