<p class="poetry">Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings,<n id="1" /> I will not be satisfied;p> <p class="poetry">I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I thought,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I will no longer see the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> in the land of the living,p> <p class="poetry">I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.<n id="2" />p>

Elisha said, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all <n id="1" /> lives (whom I serve),<n id="2" /> if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah,<n id="3" /> I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">My hand made them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that is how they came to be,&#8221;<n id="2" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">I show special favor<n id="3" /> to the humble and contrite,p> <p class="poetry">who respect what I have to say.<n id="4" />p>