They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it.

His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.

Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.