⁶ By the king’s command, the couriers, with the letters written by the king and his princes, went through all Israel and Judah. They said: “Israelites, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to you, the remnant left from the hands of the Assyrian kings.

¹⁴ a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing beside them, ¹⁵ and the Sabeans^[a] carried them off in a raid. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁶ He was still speaking when another came and said, “God’s fire has fallen from heaven and struck the sheep and the servants and consumed them; I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁷ He was still speaking when another came and said, “The Chaldeans^[b] formed three columns, seized the camels, carried them off, and put the servants to the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁸ He was still speaking when another came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,