<p class="poetry">Issachar is a strong-boned donkeyp> <p class="poetry">lying down between two saddlebags.p>

<p class="poetry">Its bones are tubes of bronze,p> <p class="poetry">its limbs like bars of iron.p>

<p class="poetry">A cheerful heart<n id="1" /> brings good healing,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a crushed spirit<n id="3" /> dries up the bones.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Through patience<n id="1" /> a ruler can be persuaded,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and a soft tongue<n id="3" /> can break a bone.<n id="4" />p>

Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu&#8217;s<n id="1" /> feet on the steps.<n id="2" /> The trumpet was blown<n id="3" /> and they shouted, &#8220;Jehu is<n id="4" /> king!&#8221;