¹⁵ But the Lord took me from tending the flock^(A) and said to me, ‘Go,^(B) prophesy^(C) to my people Israel.’^(D)

⁶ “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.^(A)

²¹ But concerning Israel he says,

⁴⁴ Stay with him for a while^(A) until your brother’s fury subsides.

⁴ For they did not come to meet you with bread and water^(A) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam^(B) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim^[a](C) to pronounce a curse on you.^(D)

² because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam^(A) to call a curse down on them.^(B) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)^(C)

²¹ After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his^[a] holiness^(A) as they went out at the head of the army, saying: