² If they dig deep into the ground,^[a]
    I will pull them from there.
If they go up into the skies,^[b]
    I will bring them down from there.
³ If they hide at the top of Mount Carmel,^[c]
    I will find them there and take them from that place.
If they try to hide from me at the bottom of the sea,
    I will command the snake, and it will bite them.
⁴ If they are captured and taken away by their enemies,
    I will command the sword,
    and it will kill them there.
Yes, I will watch over them,
    but I will watch for ways to give them troubles,
    not for ways to do good things.”