¹⁶ Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

¹⁵ He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

¹⁰ Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

⁵ And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.

⁶ You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

²⁸ So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

⁴⁵ Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

⁸ Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

¹⁰ Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

³⁸ And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.

²⁷ For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.