<p class="poetry">If I go out into the countryside,p> <p class="poetry">I see those who have been killed in battle.p> <p class="poetry">If I go into the city,p> <p class="poetry">I see those who are sick because of starvation.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For both prophet and priest go about their own businessp> <p class="poetry">in the land without having any real understanding.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even her mercenaries<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">will prove to be like pampered,<n id="2" /> well-fed calves.p> <p class="poetry">For they too will turn and run away.p> <p class="poetry">They will not stand their groundp> <p class="poetry">when<n id="3" /> the time for them to be destroyed comes,p> <p class="poetry">the time for them to be punished.p>

<p class="poetry">Give the signal to attack Babylon&#8217;s wall!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Bring more guards!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Post them all around the city!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Put men in ambush!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will do what he has planned.p> <p class="poetry">He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet she went into captivity as an exile;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even her infants were smashed to pieces<n id="2" /> at the head of every street.p> <p class="poetry">They cast lots<n id="3" /> for her nobility;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">all her dignitaries were bound with chains.p>

<p class="poetry">Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver themp> <p class="poetry">in the day of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angry judgment.p> <p class="poetry">The whole earth<n id="1" /> will be consumed by his fiery wrath.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="3" /> he will bring terrifying destruction<n id="4" /> on all who live on the earth.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Flocks and herds<n id="1" /> will lie down in the middle of it,p> <p class="poetry">as well as every kind of wild animal.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Owls<n id="3" /> will sleep in the tops of its support pillars;p> <p class="poetry">they will hoot through the windows.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Rubble will cover the thresholds;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">even the cedar work<n id="6" /> will be exposed to the elements.<n id="7" />p>

But Abel brought<n id="1" /> some of the firstborn of his flock &#8211; even the fattest<n id="2" /> of them. And the <sc>Lordsc> was pleased with<n id="3" /> Abel and his offering,

Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped<n id="1" /> all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.p>

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people<n id="1" /> began to worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

and also seven<n id="1" /> of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female,<n id="2" /> to preserve their offspring<n id="3" /> on the face of the earth.

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" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; he replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I will grant this request too<n id="2" /> and will not overthrow<n id="3" /> the town you mentioned.

So they made their father drunk<n id="1" /> that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him.<n id="2" /> But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.<n id="3" />p>

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi.<n id="1" /> He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.p>

Did Abraham<n id="1" /> not say to me, &#8216;She is my sister&#8217;? And she herself said,<n id="2" /> &#8216;He is my brother.&#8217; I have done this with a clear conscience<n id="3" /> and with innocent hands!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">After these things Abraham was told, &#8220;Milcah<n id="1" /> also has borne children to your brother Nahor &#8211;

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore him children &#8211; Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.p>

Then she will reply to me, &#8220;Drink, and I&#8217;ll draw water for your camels too.&#8221; May that woman be the one whom the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen for my master&#8217;s son.&#8217;p>

He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;My father, get up<n id="2" /> and eat some of your son&#8217;s wild game. Then you can bless me.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">When Esau heard<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly.<n id="2" /> He said to his father, &#8220;Bless me too, my father!&#8221;