¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear.

⁴ “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”^(A)

²⁷ but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire^(A) that will consume the enemies of God.

⁹ There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:^(A) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;^(B)

^[44] [a]