9For know this, that should we conceive any evil design, or in any way aggrieve them, we shall ever have as our adversary, not man, but the highest God, the ruler of all might. From Him there will be no escape, as the avenger of such deeds. Farewell."
16They themselves having held closely to their God to death, and having enjoyed a full deliverance, departed from the city garlanded with sweet-flowered wreaths of every kind. Uttering exclamations of joy, with songs of praise, and melodious hymns, they thanked the God of their fathers, the eternal Savior of Israel.
23Blessed be the Redeemer of Israel forever! Amen.
5Butiftheservantshall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, andmychildren. Iwillnotgooutfree;’
8If she doesn’t pleasehermaster, whohas married hertohimself, thenheshallletherberedeemed. Heshallhavenorighttosellhertoaforeignpeople, since hehas dealt deceitfully withher.
4When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood,wisdom again saved it,guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood.
10When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath,10:10 Gr. she. wisdom guided him in straight paths.She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things.She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor.
13When a righteous man was sold,10:13 Gr. she. wisdom didn’t forsake him,but she delivered him from sin.She went down with him into a dungeon,
4ForifGod didn’tspare angels whenthey sinned, butcastthemdownto Tartarus,2:4 Tartarus is another name for Hellandcommittedthemto pits ofdarknesstobereservedforjudgment;
5and didn’t sparethe ancient world, butpreservedNoahwithsevenothers, apreacherofrighteousness, whenhebroughtafloodontheworldofthe ungodly,
5The Lord hasbecomeasan enemy.HehasswallowedupIsrael.Hehasswallowedupallher palaces.Hehasdestroyedhisstrongholds.Hehasmultipliedmourningand lamentation inthedaughterofJudah.
13WhatshallItestifytoyou?WhatshallIlikentoyou, daughterofJerusalem?WhatshallIcomparetoyou,thatImaycomfortyou, virgindaughterofZion?Foryourbreachisas big asthesea.Whocanhealyou?
14Yourprophetshaveseenfalseandfoolishvisionsforyou.Theyhavenotuncoveredyouriniquity,toreverseyourcaptivity,buthaveseenforyoufalse revelations and causes ofbanishment.
12Remain in your camp, and keep every man of your army safe. Let your servants get possession of the water spring, which flows from the foot of the mountain,
19The children of Israel cried to the Lord their God, for their spirit fainted; for all their enemies had surrounded them. There was no way to escape out from among them.
27For it is better for us to be captured by them. For we will be servants, and our souls will live, and we will not see the death of our babies before our eyes, and our wives and our children fainting in death.