<p class="poetry">They brayed<n id="1" /> like animals among the bushesp> <p class="poetry">and were huddled together<n id="2" /> under the nettles.p>

<p class="poetry">So<n id="1" /> the sovereign master<n id="2" /> will afflict the foreheads of Zion&#8217;s women<n id="3" /> with skin diseases,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will make the front of their heads bald.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;You who force your neighbor to drink wine<n id="1" /> are as good as dead<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so you can look at their genitals.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> will certainly have compassion on Jacob;<n id="1" /> he will again choose Israel as his special people<n id="2" /> and restore<n id="3" /> them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family<n id="4" /> of Jacob.

Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money<n id="1" /> and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, &#8216;Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.&#8217;&#8221;p>

So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the <sc>Lordsc> has incited you against me, may he take delight in<n id="1" /> an offering. But if men have instigated this,<n id="2" /> may they be cursed before the <sc>Lordsc>! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s inheritance, saying, &#8216;Go on, serve other gods!&#8217;