⁹ “Do not oppress a foreigner;^(A) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

¹² “This is what it means,^(A)” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.^(B)

¹⁸ “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.^(A)

³² I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign Lord. Be ashamed^(A) and disgraced for your conduct, people of Israel!^(B)

⁷ I will give them a heart to know^(A) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,^(B) and I will be their God, for they will return^(C) to me with all their heart.^(D)

⁷ This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,^[a] with a plumb line^[b] in his hand.

²² Are they Hebrews? So am I.^(A) Are they Israelites? So am I.^(B) Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.^(C)

²¹ To my shame I admit that we were too weak^(A) for that!