³⁶ Some were ·laughed at [mocked] and ·beaten [flogged; scourged]. Others were put in chains and thrown into prison [Gen. 39:20; Jer. 20:2; 37:15]. ³⁷ They were stoned to death [1 Kin. 21:13], they were ·cut [sawn] in half [^CJewish tradition reported that Isaiah was martyred this way],^[a] and they were killed with swords [1 Kin. 19:10; Jer. 26:23]. Some ·wore [^Ltraveled about in] the skins of sheep and goats. They were ·poor [destitute], ·abused [persecuted; oppressed], and treated badly. ³⁸ The world was not ·good enough for [worthy of] them! They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and holes in the earth.