⁵ And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Syrian was my father, and he went·​·down to Egypt, and sojourned there with a few mortals, and there became a great nation, numerous and many;

¹¹ For as^◦ the girdle^◦ sticks to^▵ the loins of a man^◦, so have I caused to stick to^▵ Me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah, says^◦ Jehovah, to be for Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for an adornment; but they would not hear.