²² And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.

⁵ Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

¹² And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

⁶ And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

¹⁵ And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

⁷ Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

³ O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

¹³ For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

⁹ And men were scorched men with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.

¹⁰ And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

¹¹ and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.