When Pharaoh saw<n id="1" /> that the rain and hail and thunder ceased, he sinned again:<n id="2" /> both he and his servants hardened<n id="3" /> their hearts.

I will harden<n id="1" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor<n id="2" /> because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know<n id="3" /> that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221; So this is what they did.<n id="4" />p>

And as for me, I am going to harden<n id="1" /> the hearts of the Egyptians so that<n id="2" /> they will come after them, that I may be honored<n id="3" /> because<n id="4" /> of Pharaoh and his army and his chariots and his horsemen.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Honor<n id="1" /> your father and your mother, that you may live a long time<n id="2" /> in the land<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving to you.p>

Moses then said to Aaron, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> spoke: &#8216;Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy,<n id="1" /> and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> So Aaron kept silent.

Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Did I not send again and again<n id="1" /> to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?&#8221;<n id="2" />

The Amorites managed<n id="1" /> to remain in Har Heres,<n id="2" /> Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily,<n id="3" /> the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

But the olive tree said to them, &#8216;I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah &#8211; the battle was fierce.<n id="1" /> But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.<n id="2" />

Why are you<n id="1" /> scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place?<n id="2" /> You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.&#8217;p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> attacked<n id="1" /> the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of<n id="2" /> both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.<n id="3" />

Saul<n id="1" /> again replied, &#8220;I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the <sc>Lordsc> your God.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Ahimelech replied to the king, &#8220;Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king&#8217;s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

You thoroughly defeated Edom<n id="1" /> and it has gone to your head!<n id="2" /> Gloat over your success,<n id="3" /> but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?&#8221;<n id="4" />

He received honor from<n id="1" /> the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.p>

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, &#8220;My father imposed heavy demands on you;<n id="1" /> I will make them even heavier.<n id="2" /> My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.&#8221;<n id="3" />

You defeated Edom<n id="1" /> and it has gone to your head.<n id="2" /> Gloat over your success,<n id="3" /> but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You loyal followers of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> praise him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Make the hearts of these people calloused;p> <p class="poetry">make their ears deaf and their eyes blind!p> <p class="poetry">Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears,p> <p class="poetry">their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The earth will stagger around<n id="1" /> like a drunk;p> <p class="poetry">it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Its sin will weigh it down,p> <p class="poetry">and it will fall and never get up again.p>