2 ³ But he came back and said, "Father, one of our people has been strangled and thrown into the market place." 2 ⁴ So before I tasted anything I sprang up and removed the body to a place of shelter until sunset. 2 ⁵ And when I returned I washed myself and ate my food in sorrow. 2 ^{6 [ Am.8:10. ]} Then I remembered the prophecy of Amos, how he said,

2 ⁷ When the sun had set I went and dug a grave and buried the body. 2 ⁸ And my neighbours laughed at me and said, "He is no longer afraid that he will be put to death for doing this; he once ran away, and here he is burying the dead again!"