⁵ But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.

¹⁰ standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.'

¹⁹ They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!' For in one hour is she made desolate.

¹⁶ saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls!

³⁴ He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

¹⁰ If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

²¹ The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, But the righteous give generously.

¹⁵ When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

⁷ Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.

¹⁰ The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

¹⁴ "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

¹⁵ If the owner of it is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.