I. He nui ka uwe ana o na Hebera i ka make ana o na hoahanau a me na makamaka. Ua uwe lakou, haehae i ke kapa, paipai i ka umauma, hoolei i ka lepo ma ke poo, Ios. 7:6, moe iho la ma ka lepo, a hele kamaa ole, huki i ke oho o ke poo a me ka umiumi, a kahiia paha ia, Ezera 9:3; Is. 15:2; a okioki lakou i ka ili o ke kino, Oihk. 19:28; 21:5; Ier. 16:6; 48:37. I na la ehiku ke kanikau ana, 1 Sam. 31:11-13, a nui ae, a emi ae i kekahi manawa, Zek. 12:10. He kanakolu la ke kani-kau ana no Mose a me Aarona hoi, Nah. 20:29; Kan. 34:8; a no Iakoba he kanahiku la ke kanikau ana, Kin. 50:3. I ka wa i kanikau ai, noho iho no na hoahanau o ka mea make iloko o ka hale, a hookeai, 2 Sam. 12:16, a ai no lakou me ka noho malalo ma ka honua. Ua manaoia, he haumia ko lakou ai, a o lakou iho no hoi kekahi. 'O ka lakou mau mohai, e like auanei ia lakou me ka berena o ka poe e kanikau ana; o ka poe a pau e ai iho ia mea e haumia lakou,' Hos. 9:4. Ua uhiia ko lakou mau maka, aole lilo i ka hana, aole heluhelu i ka buke o ke kanawai, aole haipule. Aole lakou e hookomo i ke kapa, aole halii i ka moe, aole e wehe i ka uhi-poo, aole kahiumiumi, aole koh i ka maiao, aole auau, aole e aloha aku i kekahi. Aole olelo aku kekahi i ka mea kanikau, noho mahe, Iob. 2:11-13. Hele no na makamaka e ike a e hooluolu, Ioa. 11:19, 39, me ka haawi i ka ai, 2 Sam. 3:35; Ier. 16:7. Hele no hoi lakou maluna o na hale e kanikau: 'Ma kona alanui e kaei no lakou ia lakou iho i ke kapa ino; maluna o kona mau hale, e aoa no na mea a pau me ka waimaka e kahe ana,' Is. 15:3; Ier. 48:38. Aole kanawai no ke komo ana o na Hebera i ke kapa kanikau; haehae lakou i ko lakou kapa aahu, 2 Sam. 13:19; 2 Oihlii. 31:27; Ezera 9:3; Iob. 2:12; Ioela 2:13. I ka wa kanikau, komo iho la lakou i ke kapa inoino, 2 Sam. 3:31; 1 Nalii 21:27; Eset. 4:1; Hal. 35:13; 69:11. Hoolimalima lakou i na wahine e olo pihe a kumakena me na pila kani, ma ke kanu-kupapau o ka poe waiwai, a hanohano, Ier. 9:17, 18. Ma Mat. 9:23, ua ike kakou, he poe hookiokio ma ka hale o ke kaikamahine make. Ina halawai lakou me ka puali kanu-kupapau, hele pu no lakou me ka puali, me ka uwe pu iho la, Rom. 12:15.