He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth;
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly scorned.
Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
So man is humbled, and men are brought low— forgive them not!
and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept my ways but have shown partiality in your instruction.”