⁹ He was a mighty^(A) hunter^(B) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

¹⁸ and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?

¹⁶ “But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them.^(A) After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt^(B) them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.^(C)

²² In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful^(A) to the Lord.

³⁰ After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.

²⁷ The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter,^(A) a man of the open country,^(B) while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.

¹³ Now the people of Sodom^(A) were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.^(B)