<p class="poetry">How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!p> <p class="poetry">How much better is your love than wine;p> <p class="poetry">the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!p>

<p class="poetry">What good will it do you<n id="1" /> then<n id="2" /> to go down to Egyptp> <p class="poetry">to seek help from the Egyptians?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">What good will it do you<n id="4" /> to go over to Assyriap> <p class="poetry">to seek help from the Assyrians?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So I, Jeremiah, tell you,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Each of you people should say to his friend or his relative, &#8216;How did the <sc>Lordsc> answer? Or what did the <sc>Lordsc> say?&#8217;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="poetry">What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim?p> <p class="poetry">What am I going to do with you, O Judah?p> <p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it disappears as quickly as dawn&#8217;s dew!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will stand at my watch post;p> <p class="poetry">I will remain stationed on the city wall.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to mep> <p class="poetry">and can know<n id="2" /> how I should answerp> <p class="poetry">when he counters my argument.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then I asked one nearby, &#8220;What are these, sir?&#8221; The angelic messenger<n id="1" /> who replied to me said, &#8220;I will show you what these are.&#8221;

I asked, &#8220;Where are you going?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;To measure Jerusalem<n id="1" /> in order to determine its width and its length.&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> Abram<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="3" /> by what<n id="4" /> can I know that I am to possess it?&#8221;p>

The man asked him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What is your name?&#8221;<n id="2" /> He answered, &#8220;Jacob.&#8221;

Pharaoh will summon you and say, &#8216;What is your occupation?&#8217;

Pharaoh said to Jacob, &#8220;How long have you lived?&#8221;<n id="1" />

His sister stationed herself<n id="1" /> at a distance to find out<n id="2" /> what would<n id="3" /> happen to him.p>

<p class="bodytext">So the people murmured<n id="1" /> against Moses, saying, &#8220;What can<n id="2" /> we drink?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">David replied, &#8220;What have I done now? Can&#8217;t I say anything?&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">When the messengers returned to the king,<n id="1" /> he asked them, &#8220;Why have you returned?&#8221;

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Why did I not<n id="2" /> die<n id="3" /> at birth,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and why did I not expirep> <p class="poetry">as<n id="5" /> I came out of the womb?p>

<p class="poetry">Why did the knees welcome me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and why were there<n id="2" /> two breasts<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">that I might nurse at them?<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Why does God<n id="2" /> give<n id="3" /> light to one who is in misery,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and life to those<n id="5" /> whose soul is bitter,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Teach<n id="1" /> me and I, for my part,<n id="2" /> will be silent;p> <p class="poetry">explain to me<n id="3" /> how I have been mistaken.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;What is mankind<n id="1" /> that you make so much of them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and that you pay attention<n id="3" /> to them?p>