<p class="poetry">what he stores up<n id="1" /> a righteous man will wear,p> <p class="poetry">and an innocent man will inherit his silver.p>

<p class="poetry">Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;p> <p class="poetry">in the morning devouring the prey,p> <p class="poetry">and in the evening dividing the plunder.&#8221;p>

The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;How often<n id="1" /> is the lamp of the wicked extinguished?p> <p class="poetry">How often does their<n id="2" /> misfortune come upon them?p> <p class="poetry">How often does God apportion pain<n id="3" /> to them<n id="4" /> in his anger?p>

<p class="poetry">In what direction is lightning<n id="1" /> dispersed,p> <p class="poetry">or the east winds scattered over the earth?p>

<p class="poetry">A servant who acts wisely<n id="1" /> will rulep> <p class="poetry">over<n id="2" /> an heir<n id="3" /> who behaves shamefully,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.

He will attack<n id="1" /> mighty fortresses, aided by<n id="2" /> a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because he willingly submitted<n id="3" /> to deathp> <p class="poetry">and was numbered with the rebels,p> <p class="poetry">when he lifted up the sin of manyp> <p class="poetry">and intervened<n id="4" /> on behalf of the rebels.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">In that day people will sing this taunt song to you &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will mock you with this lament:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;We are completely destroyed;p> <p class="poetry">they sell off<n id="2" /> the property of my people.p> <p class="poetry">How they remove it from me!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They assign our fields to the conqueror.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>