When I was only a little boy, my parents' only son,

She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said,

I was born before the mountains, before the hills were set in place,

Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, was highly respected and esteemed by the king of Syria, because through Naaman the LORD had given victory to the Syrian forces. He was a great soldier, but he suffered from a dreaded skin disease.

Everyone will be humiliated and disgraced. Do not forgive them, LORD!

So I, in turn, will make the people of Israel despise you because you do not obey my will, and when you teach my people, you do not treat everyone alike."