<p class="poetry">the chief men refrained from talkingp> <p class="poetry">and covered their mouths with their hands;p>

<p class="poetry">Phinehas took a stand and intervened,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the plague subsided.p>

For the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> had caused infertility to strike every woman<n id="2" /> in the household of Abimelech because he took<n id="3" /> Sarah, Abraham&#8217;s wife.p>

He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;If someone<n id="1" /> should attempt<n id="2" /> a word with you,p> <p class="poetry">will you be impatient?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">But who can refrain from speaking<n id="4" />?p>

<p class="poetry">If he holds back the waters, then they dry up;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if he releases them,<n id="2" /> they destroy<n id="3" /> the land.p>

Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped.p>

Manoah said to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger, &#8220;Please stay here awhile,<n id="1" /> so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Ahab&#8217;s entire family will die. I<n id="1" /> will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.<n id="2" />

Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> struck him down and he died.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">asks the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">asks your God.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke<n id="1" /> to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse.<n id="2" />

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, &#8220;I am no longer allowed to go<n id="1" /> into the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Now the <sc>Lordsc> had spoken to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse,<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> will judge his people,p> <p class="poetry">and will change his plans concerning<n id="1" /> his servants;p> <p class="poetry">when he sees that their power has disappeared,p> <p class="poetry">and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.p>

<p class="bodytext">When Samuel saw Saul, the <sc>Lordsc> said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.&#8221;

(One of Saul&#8217;s servants was there that day, detained before the <sc>Lordsc>. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul&#8217;s shepherds.)

Then David built an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the <sc>Lordsc> accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Look, I am ready to bring disaster<n id="2" /> on you. I will destroy you<n id="3" /> and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.<n id="4" />

She saddled the donkey and told her servant, &#8220;Lead on.<n id="1" /> Do not stop unless I say so.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>