<p class="poetry">That is why the rains have been withheld,p> <p class="poetry">and the spring rains have not come.p> <p class="poetry">Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.p>

The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.

Ira the Jairite was David&#8217;s personal priest.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">From Mahli:p> <p class="bodytext">Eleazar, who had no sons.p>

<p class="poetry">Your<n id="1" /> silver has become scum,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">your beer is diluted with water.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Panic and pitfall<n id="1" /> have come upon us,p> <p class="poetry">devastation and destruction.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom.<n id="1" /> From the sole of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance.<n id="2" />

The <sc>Lordsc> told my father David, &#8216;It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.<n id="1" />

The <sc>Lordsc> told my father David, &#8216;It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Is there anything about which someone can say, &#8220;Look at this! It is new!&#8221;?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It was already<n id="2" /> done long ago,<n id="3" /> before our time.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I purchased male and female slaves,p> <p class="poetry">and I owned slaves who were born in my house;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I also possessed more livestock &#8211; both herds and flocks &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our holy temple, our pride and joy,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the place where our ancestors praised you,p> <p class="poetry">has been burned with fire;p> <p class="poetry">all our prized possessions have been destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sailp> <p class="poetry">to serve as your banner;p> <p class="poetry">blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah<n id="1" /> was used for your deck&#8217;s awning.p>

<p class="bodytext">The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">You have seized me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and it<n id="2" /> has become a witness;p> <p class="poetry">my leanness<n id="3" /> has risen up against mep> <p class="poetry">and testifies against me.p>

<p class="poetry">Hear, O <sc>Lordsc>, and have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, deliver me!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">All who pass by<n id="1" /> have robbed him;p> <p class="poetry">he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the year King Ahaz died,<n id="1" /> this message was revealed:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.p> <p class="poetry">They have turned aside and gone their own way.<n id="1" />p>