And they said to him, “Thus said Ḥ
“Pains of a woman in labour shall come upon him. He is not a wise son, for it is not the time that he should delay at the breaking forth of children.
“Shall I bring to birth, and not give delivery?” says יהוה. “Shall I who give delivery restrain birth?” said your Elohim.
“I shall go, I shall return to My place, until they confess their guilt and seek My face, in their distress diligently search for Me, and say,
“Do not harden your hearts as in Meriḇ
“When You chastise man for crookedness with reproofs, You consume what he loves, like a moth; All men are but a breath. Selah.
“Thus said the sovereign, ‘Do not let Ḥ
and sent Elyaqim, who was over the household, and Sheḇ
‘It could be that יהוה your Elohim does hear all the words of the Raḇ
