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I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.

Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’

Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

…but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.

The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.

Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.