³⁵ When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

¹¹ The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

¹² God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

⁹ Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

¹⁰ For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;

² Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?

³ Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

⁴⁰ When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,