⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

Ahaz's Idolatry

²² In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz.

³⁰ As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau was ^(A)a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, ^(B)dwelling in tents.

¹³ Now the men of Sodom ^(A)were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

¹¹ Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.

⁴ The Nephilim^[a] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

¹⁸ and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women ^(A)who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and ^(B)make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in ^(C)the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?