But the people in the kingdom hated the man. So the people sent a group to follow the man to the other country. In the other country, this group said, ‘We don’t want that man to be our king!’
If a person touches them,
it hurts like a spear
made of wood and iron.
{Yes, those people are like thorns.}
They will be thrown in the fire,
and they will be completely burned!
The Lord, the Holy One of Israel,\par the Protector of Israel says,\par “My Servant is humble.\par He serves rulers.\par But people hate him.\par But, kings will see him,\par and stand \{to honor him\}.\par Great leaders will bow down to him.”\par
So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money {\cf2\super [300]} to each servant. The man said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.’
“But the man became king. When he came home, he said, ‘Call those servants that have my money. I want to know how much more money they earned with it.’