Nevertheless leave the stump and roots in the earth, [Bound] with a band of iron and bronze, In the tender grass of the field. Let it be wet with the dew of heaven, And [let] him graze with the beasts On the grass of the earth.

Let his heart be changed from [that of] a man, Let him be given the heart of a beast, And let seven times pass over him.

And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses."

Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD [was] God.

"Therefore the LORD God of Israel says: 'I said indeed [that] your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.' But now the LORD says: 'Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

Your platitudes [are] proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [Are] riches and honor and life.

"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory,