“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what ¹  I have seen, I will declare, ² 

All my closest friends ¹  detest me; and those whom ²  I love have turned against me. ³ 

And another man ¹  dies in bitterness of soul, ²  never having tasted ³  anything good.

‘Surely such is the residence ¹  of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’” ² 

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

While this one was still speaking, ¹  another messenger arrived ²  and said, “The fire of God ³  has fallen from heaven ⁴  and has burned up the sheep and the servants – it has consumed them! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “The Chaldeans ¹  formed three bands and made a raid ²  on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! ³  And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”