And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city; and one said to his neighbor, Why do we sit here until we die?

If we should say, Let us go into the city, then [there is] famine in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall [only] die.

Declare in Judah, and let it be heard in Jerusalem. Say, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry aloud: say, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities.

Gather up [your wares] and flee to Zion. Hasten, stay not: for I will bring evils from the north, and great destruction.

And it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar came up against the land, that we said we would come in; and we entered into Jerusalem, for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Assyrians; and we dwelt there.

And David said to Amasa, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than Absalom: now then take with you the servants of your lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.

And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw near to Me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked [in his heart].

I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good [words]; and my grief was renewed.

TETH. It is good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.

He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne it upon him.

But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house; and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet [anyone] else with you? [ 6:11] And he shall say, No one else. And [the other] shall say, Be silent, that you name not the name of the Lord.

But the Lord is in His holy temple: let all the earth fear before Him.

Let all flesh fear before the Lord, for He has risen up from His holy clouds.

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall:

Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink; for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth [into] all the land.

And the priest shall cause the woman to stand before the Lord, and shall uncover the head of the woman, and shall put into her hands the sacrifice of memorial, the sacrifice of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of this conviction that brings the curse.

But if being a married woman you have transgressed, or been polluted, and anyone has lain with you, beside your husband,

and this water bringing the curse shall enter into your womb to cause your belly to swell, and your thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.

And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of the conviction that brings the curse; and the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her.

For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and their vinebranch of Gomorrah: their grape [is] a grape of gall, their cluster [is] one of bitterness.

They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

ZAIN. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered;

they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But having tasted it, He would not drink.