¹⁶ “May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things,^(A) appoint someone over this community

²⁷ “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind.^(A) Is anything too hard for me?^(B)

⁴ For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins^(A) is the one who will die.^(B)

⁹ Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits^(A) and live!^(B)