3 Israel was something holy* to Jehovah,+ the first yield to Him.”’*+ ‘Any persons devouring him would make themselves guilty.+ Calamity itself would come upon them,’ was the utterance of Jehovah.”+

15 With great indignation I am feeling indignant against the nations that are at ease;+ because I, for my part, felt indignant to only a little extent,+ but they, for their part, helped toward calamity.”’+

8 For this is what Jehovah of armies has said, ‘Following after [the] glory+ he has sent me to the nations that were despoiling YOU people;+ for he that is touching YOU+ is touching my eyeball.*+