<p class="poetry">but in the end<n id="1" /> she is bitter<n id="2" /> as wormwood,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">sharp as a two-edged<n id="4" /> sword.p>

<p class="poetry">he winks with his eyes,p> <p class="poetry">signals with his feet,p> <p class="poetry">and points with his fingers;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">And another man<n id="1" /> dies in bitterness of soul,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">never having tasted<n id="3" /> anything good.p>

<p class="poetry">They will lament loudly<n id="1" /> over you and cry bitterly.p> <p class="poetry">They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;<n id="2" />p>

Then they came to Marah,<n id="1" /> but they were not able to drink<n id="2" /> the waters of Marah, because<n id="3" /> they were bitter.<n id="4" /> (That is<n id="5" /> why its name was<n id="6" /> Marah.)p>

Are they not across the Jordan River,<n id="1" /> toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal<n id="2" /> near the oak<n id="3" /> of Moreh?

The <sc>Lordsc> saw Israel&#8217;s intense suffering;<n id="1" /> everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.<n id="2" />

David was very upset, for the men<n id="1" /> were thinking of stoning him;<n id="2" /> each man grieved bitterly<n id="3" /> over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the <sc>Lordsc> his God.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Abner called out to Joab, &#8220;Must the sword devour forever? Don&#8217;t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?&#8221;

When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news,<n id="1" /> he said, &#8220;It is the prophet<n id="2" /> who rebelled against the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" /> The <sc>Lordsc> delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up<n id="4" /> and killed him, just as the <sc>Lordsc> warned him.&#8221;<n id="5" />

But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, &#8220;Leave her alone, for she is very upset.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn&#8217;t tell me about it.&#8221;