<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not blaspheme<n id="1" /> God<n id="2" /> or curse the ruler of your people.p>

So look, the <sc>Lordsc> is about to severely afflict<n id="1" /> your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

<t /><p class="poetry">The roar of battle will rise against your people;p> <p class="poetry">all your fortresses will be devastated,p> <p class="poetry">just as Shalman devastated<n id="1" /> Beth Arbel on the day of battle,p> <p class="poetry">when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.p>

<p class="bodytext">But Moses sought the favor<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> his God and said, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?