⁵ Then He said, “Do not come near here; ^(A)remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

⁴⁴ “^(A)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase them away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is ^(B)chosen. For who is ^(C)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can ^(D)stand against Me?”