<p class="poetry">so that his life loathes food,p> <p class="poetry">and his soul rejects appetizing fare.<n id="1" />p>

If you strike<n id="1" /> him with the rod,p> <p class="poetry">you will deliver him<n id="2" /> from death.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Only his flesh has pain for himself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he mourns for himself.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But he is unchangeable,<n id="1" /> and who can change<n id="2" /> him?p> <p class="poetry">Whatever he<n id="3" /> has desired, he does.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us &#8211; his very life is bound up in his son&#8217;s life.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">All of the thriving people<n id="1" /> of the earth will join the celebration and worship;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all those who are descending into the grave<n id="3" /> will bow before him,p> <p class="poetry">including those who cannot preserve their lives.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">even if he lives a long, long time,<n id="1" /> but cannot enjoy his prosperity &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">even if he were to live forever<n id="2" /> &#8211; p> <p class="poetry">I would say, &#8220;A stillborn child<n id="3" /> is better off than he is!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,p> <p class="poetry">only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,p> <p class="poetry">only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So it will be for the horde from all the nationsp> <p class="poetry">that fight against Mount Zion.p>