³ Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

⁵ I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.

¹⁴ But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

²⁷ And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

⁷ And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

⁸ And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.