1:19One MessageMany witnesses · one GOD
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Plain text of Selection from the Early Version, Lines 1-19

1 "I will bring (?) their clamor (?)"

2 The land had become great; the people had multiplied.

3 The land like a bull had become satiated.

4 In their assemblage GOD was [forgotten].

5 [GOD] heard their clamor.

6 He said to the great gods [angels] (?)

7 Those observing the clamor of men.

8 In their assemblage He spoke of desolations.

9 "Let the fig tree for the people be cut off.

10 In their fields, let the plant become a weed (?).

11 The sheep let Adad [an angel] destroy.

12 The fountains of the deep let not flow.

13 That the flood rise not at the source.

14 Let the wind blow.

15 Let it drive mightily.

16 Let the clouds be held back, that

17 Rain from the heavens pour not forth.

18 Let the field withhold its fertility.

19 Let a change come over the bosom of Nisaba [the earth]."