<p class="poetry">I am ready to vindicate,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am ready to deliver,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will establish justice among the nations.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The coastlands<n id="4" /> wait patiently for me;p> <p class="poetry">they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.<n id="5" />p>

Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day<n id="1" /> is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="poetry">Blow the trumpet<n id="1" /> in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain!p> <p class="poetry">Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear,p> <p class="poetry">for the day of the <sc>Lordsc> is about to come.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="2" /> it is near!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;For the day of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> is approaching<n id="2" /> for all the nations!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Just as you have done, so it will be done to you.p> <p class="poetry">You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Be silent before the Lord <sc>Godsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s day of judgment<n id="2" /> is almost here.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has prepared a sacrificial meal;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">he has ritually purified<n id="5" /> his guests.p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">When Pharaoh released<n id="2" /> the people, God did not lead them<n id="3" /> by the way to the land<n id="4" /> of the Philistines,<n id="5" /> although<n id="6" /> that was nearby, for God said,<n id="7" /> &#8220;Lest<n id="8" /> the people change their minds<n id="9" /> and return to Egypt when they experience<n id="10" /> war.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">&#8216;I see him, but not now;p> <p class="poetry">I behold him, but not close at hand.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">A star<n id="2" /> will march forth<n id="3" /> out of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and a scepter<n id="4" /> will rise out of Israel.p> <p class="poetry">He will crush the skulls<n id="5" /> of Moab,p> <p class="poetry">and the heads<n id="6" /> of all the sons of Sheth.<n id="7" />p>

If the owner<n id="1" /> does not live<n id="2" /> near you or you do not know who the owner is,<n id="3" /> then you must corral the animal<n id="4" /> at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, &#8220;May he be rewarded by the <sc>Lordsc> because he<n id="1" /> has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!&#8221;<n id="2" /> Then Naomi said to her, &#8220;This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian.&#8221;<n id="3" />

All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, &#8220;Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king&#8217;s expense?<n id="1" /> Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?&#8221;

Ahab said to Naboth, &#8220;Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer,<n id="1" /> I will pay you silver for it.&#8221;<n id="2" />