¹⁷ Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,^(A) if even death separates you and me.”^(B)

² So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely,^(A) if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”^(B)