"Behold,as wilddonkeysin the wildernessThey goforthseekingfoodin their activity,As breadfor [their] childrenin the desert.
"He will be a wilddonkeyof a man,His hand[will be] against everyone,And everyone'shand[will be] against him; And he will liveto the eastof allhis brothers."
"By your swordyou shall live,And your brotheryou shall serve;But it shall comeabout whenyou becomerestless,That you will breakhis yokefrom your neck."
"The tentsof the destroyersprosper,And those who provokeGodare secure,WhomGodbringsinto their power.
"The murdererarisesat dawn;He killsthe poorand the needy,And at nighthe is as a thief.
"They harvesttheir fodderin the fieldAnd gleanthe vineyardof the wicked.
"His harvestthe hungrydevourAnd takeit to a [place of] thorns,And the schemeris eagerfor their wealth.
Mangoesforthto his workAnd to his laboruntilevening.
For they cannotsleepunlessthey doevil;And they are robbedof sleepunlessthey make [someone] stumble.
A wilddonkeyaccustomedto the wilderness,That sniffsthe windin her passion.In [the time of] her heatwhocan turnher away?Allwho seekher will not becomeweary;In her monththey will findher.
For their heartsare like an oven[As] they approachtheir plotting;Their angersmoldersallnight,In the morningit burnslike a flamingfire.
For they have goneup to Assyria,[Like] a wilddonkeyall alone;Ephraimhas hiredlovers.
Woeto those who schemeiniquity,Who workout evilon their beds!When morningcomes, they doit, For it is in the powerof their hands.
Her princeswithinher are roaringlions,Her judgesare wolvesat evening;They leavenothingfor the morning.
Thenthey ledJesusfrom Caiaphasinto the Praetorium,and it was early;and they themselvesdid not enterinto the Praetoriumsothat they would not be defiled,but might eatthe Passover.
When it was day,the Jewsformed a conspiracyand boundthemselvesunder an oath,sayingthat they would neithereatnordrinkuntilthey had killedPaul.
