who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.

He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.

“‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for their sin.

“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules.

Take away from me your noisy songs; I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.

Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.

The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls!

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”

So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the Lord your God that he would only take this death away from me.”

Pharaoh said to him, “Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!”

And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”

But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, “Get everyone out of here!” So everyone left.

He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!”

The prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets.