and their bones lie scattered like broken rocks on top of a grave.
We face death all day for you. We are like sheep on their way to be slaughtered.
But you will be more terrified than ever before. God will scatter the bones of his enemies, and you will be ashamed when God rejects you.
It is exactly as the Scriptures say, “For you we face death all day long. We are like sheep on their way to be butchered.”
In fact, we felt sure that we were going to die. But this made us stop trusting in ourselves and start trusting God, who raises the dead to life.
Still others were stoned to death or sawn in two or killed with swords. Some had nothing but sheep skins or goat skins to wear. They were poor, ill-treated, and tortured.