<p class="poetry">What is bent<n id="1" /> cannot be straightened,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and what is missing<n id="3" /> cannot be supplied.<n id="4" />p>

<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="bodytext">Eli&#8217;s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

<t /><p class="poetry">Consider the work of God:p> <p class="poetry">For who can make straight what he has bent?p>

This is what the king says: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

<p class="poetry">But the wicked are like a surging seap> <p class="poetry">that is unable to be quiet;p> <p class="poetry">its waves toss up mud and sand.p>

King Zedekiah said to them, &#8220;Very well, you can do what you want with him.<n id="1" /> For I cannot do anything to stop you.&#8221;<n id="2" />

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.<n id="1" />

We said to my lord, &#8216;The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father<n id="1" /> will die.&#8217;<n id="2" />

Now Israel&#8217;s eyes were failing<n id="1" /> because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph<n id="2" /> brought his sons<n id="3" /> near to him, and his father<n id="4" /> kissed them and embraced them.

The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, &#8220;Who is able to stand before the <sc>Lord,sc> this holy God? To whom will the ark<n id="1" /> go up from here?&#8221;p>

If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.&#8221;

This is what the king says: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> he struck a rock and water flowed out,p> <p class="poetry">streams gushed forth.p> <p class="poetry">But can he also give us food?p> <p class="poetry">Will he provide meat for his people?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">All this<n id="1" /> monotony<n id="2" /> is tiresome; no one can bear<n id="3" /> to describe it:<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content<n id="5" /> with hearing.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Whatever has happened was foreordained,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and what happens to a person<n id="2" /> was also foreknown.p> <p class="poetry">It is useless for him to argue with God about his fatep> <p class="poetry">because God is more powerful than he is.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why should you be like someone who is helpless,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a champion<n id="2" /> who cannot save anyone?p> <p class="poetry">You are indeed with us,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and we belong to you.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not abandon us!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">But I will strip everything away from Esau&#8217;s descendants.p> <p class="poetry">I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide.p> <p class="poetry">Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed.p> <p class="poetry">Not one of them will be left!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke<n id="1" /> about Damascus.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The people of Hamath and Arpad<n id="3" /> will be dismayedp> <p class="poetry">because they have heard bad news.p> <p class="poetry">Their courage will melt away because of worry.p> <p class="poetry">Their hearts will not be able to rest.<n id="4" />p>