^3 (A)Israel was holiness to the Lord,
^(B)The firstfruits of His increase.
^(C)All that devour him will offend;
Disaster will ^(D)come upon them,” says the Lord.’ ”

⁷ All who found them have ^(A)devoured them;
And ^(B)their adversaries said, ^(C)‘We have not offended,
Because they have sinned against the Lord, ^(D)the habitation of justice,
The Lord, ^(E)the hope of their fathers.’