<p class="poetry">&#8220;For a short time I abandoned<n id="1" /> you,p> <p class="poetry">but with great compassion I will gather you.p>

<p class="poetry">Small and great are<n id="1" /> there,p> <p class="poetry">and the slave is free<n id="2" /> from his master.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says to Edom,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will certainly make you small among nations.p> <p class="poetry">I will make you despised by all humankind.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Look! I will<n id="2" /> make you a weak nation;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you will be greatly despised!p>

<p class="bodytext">The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

<p class="bodytext">Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba&#8217;s household were Mephibosheth&#8217;s servants.

<p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;Sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, stop!p> <p class="poetry">How can Jacob survive?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He is too weak!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

We said to my lord, &#8216;We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old.<n id="1" /> The boy&#8217;s<n id="2" /> brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother&#8217;s sons left,<n id="3" /> and his father loves him.&#8217;p>

His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him at regular intervals when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.

Samuel said, &#8220;Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The <sc>Lordsc> chose<n id="1" /> you as king over Israel.

Now, O <sc>Lordsc> my God, you have made your servant king in my father David&#8217;s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.<n id="1" />

Hadad,<n id="1" /> who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father&#8217;s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.<n id="2" />

So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed.<n id="1" /> His skin became as smooth as a young child&#8217;s<n id="2" /> and he was healed.p>

Anyone who would not seek the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old,<n id="1" /> male or female.

And let the king&#8217;s decision which he will enact be disseminated<n id="1" /> throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is.<n id="2" /> Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">A wolf will reside<n id="1" /> with a lamb,p> <p class="poetry">and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;p> <p class="poetry">an ox and a young lion will graze together,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a small child leads them along.p>

When they had completely consumed the earth&#8217;s vegetation, I said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, forgive Israel!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How can Jacob survive?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He is too weak!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing<n id="2" /> large or small without making me aware of it.<n id="3" /> Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won&#8217;t happen!&#8221;p>

Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse<n id="1" /> his servant or any of my father&#8217;s house. For your servant is not aware of all this &#8211; not in whole or in part!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time<n id="1" /> and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing<n id="2" /> until morning&#8217;s light.