The officials of Succoth said, &#8220;You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give<n id="1" /> bread to your army?&#8221;<n id="2" />

Manoah said, &#8220;Now, when your announcement comes true,<n id="1" /> how should the child be raised and what should he do?&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the <sc>Lordsc> is about to do in your sight.

Realize<n id="1" /> now that the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.<n id="1" />

Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.<n id="1" />

Now I intend<n id="1" /> to make a covenant with the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">But because it is heavier<n id="1" /> than the sand<n id="2" /> of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">that is why my words have been wild.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">if you become<n id="1" /> pure<n id="2" /> and upright,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">even now he will rouse himself<n id="4" /> for you,p> <p class="poetry">and will restore<n id="5" /> your righteous abode.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses,p> <p class="poetry">jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Her time is almost up,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">her days will not be prolonged.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now they come into being,<n id="1" /> not in the past;p> <p class="poetry">before today you did not hear about them,p> <p class="poetry">so you could not say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Yes,<n id="2" /> I know about them.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, your land lies in ruins;p> <p class="poetry">it is desolate and devastated.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">But now you will be too small to hold your residents,p> <p class="poetry">and those who devoured you will be far away.p>

<p class="poetry">No,<n id="1" /> a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall;p> <p class="poetry">the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.p>

He spoke with me, instructing me as follows:<n id="1" /> &#8220;Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

<p class="poetry">Israel has rebelled<n id="1" /> like a stubborn heifer!p> <p class="poetry">Soon<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> will put them out to pasturep> <p class="poetry">like a lamb in a broad field!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They have committed treason<n id="1" /> against the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">because they bore illegitimate children.p> <p class="poetry">Soon<n id="2" /> the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.p>

<p class="poetry">They do not realize<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that I remember all of their wicked deeds.p> <p class="poetry">Their evil deeds have now surrounded them;p> <p class="poetry">their sinful deeds are always before me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Israel will be swallowed up among the nations;p> <p class="poetry">they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.p>