Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Many waters cannot quench love,\par\tab Neither can floods drown it:\par\tab If a man would give all the substance of his house for love,\par\tab He would utterly be contemned.\par
And Samuel did that which Jehovah spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably?