Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.

Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, from his royal splendor!

So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them.

“‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who hunts a wild animal or a bird that may be eaten must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,