Judges 3 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Now, these, are the nations which Yahweh left, that he might, by them, put Israel to the proof,––all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan; ² that the generations of the sons of Israel might certainly get to know, by being taught to make war,––such, at least, as aforetime knew nothing thereof:–– ³ five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites dwelling in Mount Lebanon,––from Mount Baal–hermon as far as the entering in of Hamath. ⁴ So then [these] were [left], that, by them, he might put Israel to the proof,––to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. ⁵ And thus, the sons of Israel, dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites,––the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; ⁶ and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served their gods. ⁷ Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God,––and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
⁸ Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia,––and the sons of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim, eight years. ⁹ And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, so Yahweh raised up a saviour unto the sons of Israel, who saved them,––even Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. ¹⁰ And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war, and Yahweh delivered into his hand, Chushan–rishathaim, king of Syria,––and his hand prevailed over Chushan–rishathaim. ¹¹ And the land had rest forty years,––and Othniel son of Kenaz, died.
¹² And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh,––and Yahweh emboldened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; ¹³ and he gathered unto him, the sons of Ammon, and Amalek,––and came and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of palm–trees. ¹⁴ So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years. ¹⁵ And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up unto them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left–handed,––and the sons of Israel sent, by his hand, a present, unto Eglon king of Moab. ¹⁶ So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length,––and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh. ¹⁷ So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab,––now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man. ¹⁸ And so it was, when he had made an end of offering the present, that he sent away the people who had been bearing the present; ¹⁹ but, he himself, turned back from the images that were by Gilgal, and said, A secret word, have I, unto thee, O king! And he said––Silence! Thereupon went out from his presence all who had been standing near him. ²⁰ And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat. ²¹ And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh,––and thrust it into his body; ²² and, the handle also, went in after the blade, and the flesh closed upon the blade, for he withdrew not the sword out of his body,––and he came out into the ante–chamber. ²³ And, when Ehud came out into the porch, he closed the doors of the parlour upon him, and bolted them. ²⁴ When, he, had come out, his servants, went in, and looked, and lo! the doors of the parlour were bolted,––so they said, Surely he covereth his feet, in the summer chamber. ²⁵ But, though they tarried a long time, yet lo! he opened not the doors of the parlour,––so they took the key, and opened [them], when lo! their lord, fallen to the ground dead. ²⁶ But, Ehud, escaped while they delayed,––yea, he, passed the images, and escaped into Seirah. ²⁷ And so it was, when he came, that he blew with a horn, throughout the hill country of Ephraim,––and the sons of Israel came down with him, out of the hill country, he, being before them. ²⁸ And he said unto them––Come down after me, for Yahweh hath delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand. So they came down after him, and captured the fords of the Jordan, towards Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. ²⁹ And they smote of Moab, at that time, about ten thousand men, every one a mighty man, and every one a man of valour,––and, there escaped not a man. ³⁰ And Moab was subdued on that day, under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years, and Ehud judged them until his death.
³¹ And, after him, was Shamgar, son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox–goad,––and, he also, saved Israel.

¹⁷ but, of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it,––for, in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt, die.

⁵ For God doth know, that, in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened,––and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.

⁷ Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were,––so they tacked together fig–leaves, and made for themselves girdles.

¹⁵ And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;

¹⁵ And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; ¹⁶ and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

¹⁶ and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; ¹⁷ and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite;

¹⁷ and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite; ¹⁸ and the Arvadite and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite,––and, afterwards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite.

¹⁸ and the Arvadite and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite,––and, afterwards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite. ¹⁹ And it came to pass, that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar, unto Gaza,––as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

¹⁹ the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite; ²⁰ and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim; ²¹ and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

¹ And Joseph could not restrain himself, before all who were stationed near him, so he cried out––Have forth every man from me! And there stood no man with him, when Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

¹³ Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down,––Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part, upon Zidon.

⁸ therefore have I come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to take them up out of that land, into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey,––into the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

¹⁷ therefore do I say––I will bring you up out of the humiliation of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,––into a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁶ but, in very deed, for this purpose, have I let thee remain, for the purpose of showing thee my might,––and that my name may be celebrated in all the earth.

²⁵ And he made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh pointed out a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet,––There, he appointed him a statute and regulation, And, there, he put him to the proof.

²⁴ so shall kindle mine anger, and I will slay you with the sword,––and your, wives, shall become, widows, and your, sons, fatherless.

¹³ For, their altars, shall ye smash, And, their pillars, shall ye shiver,––And, their sacred–stems, shall ye fell.

¹⁶ And thou wilt take of his daughters, for thy sons,––And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause, thy sons, to go unchastely after their gods.

²³ And, if, by these things, ye will not be corrected by me,––But will go in opposition to me, ²⁴ Then will, I also, go in opposition, to you. And I, even I, will plague you seven times, for your sins; ²⁵ And will bring in upon you a sword, that shall inflict the covenanted avenging: So shall ye be gathered into your cities,––Then will I send a pestilence into your midst, And ye shall be delivered into the hand of an enemy.

¹⁷ Then will I come down, and speak with thee there, and will take of the spirit that is upon thee, and put upon them,––and they shall carry, with thee, the burden of the people, and, thou, shalt not carry it, by thyself.

²⁵ Then Yahweh, came down, in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave unto the seventy men––the elders. And it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and then did so no more.

²⁹ But Moses said unto him, Art, thou, jealous for, me? Oh would that, all the people of Yahweh, were prophets! Yea, let Yahweh put his spirit upon them!

²⁹ Amalek, dwelleth in the land of the South; And, the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite, dwell in the mountain, And, the Canaanite, dwelleth by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.

² So Balaam lifted up his eyes, and saw Israel, dwelling, according to his tribes,––then came upon him, the Spirit of God;

⁷ And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw, it,––so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand; ⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel.

¹⁸ And Yahweh said unto Moses: Take thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit,––then shalt thou lean thy hand upon him;

⁸ From Mount Hor, ye shall draw a line to the entering in of Hamath,––and the extension of the boundary shall be towards Zedad;

⁷ Turn ye and set yourselves forward, and enter into the hill country of the Amorites, and into all the places near, in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and in the coast of the sea,––the land of Canaan, and the Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

⁹ Sidonians, call Hermon, Sirion,––but, the Amorites, call it Senir.

⁹ Only take thou heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,––but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons, and unto thy sons’ sons:––

¹ When Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art going in to possess, and shall clear away many nations from before thee––the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites––seven nations greater in number and stronger than thou;

³ neither shalt thou intermarry with them,––thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor, his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son; ⁴ for he will turn aside thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods,––so shall the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and he will destroy thee, speedily.

²² So will Yahweh thy God, clear away, these nations from before thee, little by little,––thou mayest not consume them, at once, lest the wild beast of the field, should multiply ever thee.

² So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,––that he might humble thee, to put thee to the proof, to know what was in thy heart,––whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

¹⁶ who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known,––that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter,

²¹ Thou shalt not plant thee, as a sacred stem, any tree,––near unto the altar of Yahweh thy God, which thou shalt make for thyself;

⁴⁰ Olive trees, shalt thou have in all thy bounds,––but, with oil, shalt thou not anoint thyself, for thine olives, shall drop off.

⁴⁷ Because thou servedst not Yahweh thy God, with rejoicing, and with gladness of heart, for abundance of all things, ⁴⁸ therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, whom Yahweh will send against thee, with hunger, and with thirst, and with nakedness, and with want of all things,––and he, will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he hath destroyed thee.

²⁰ Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, but, then, will the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy smoke against that man, and all the oath that is written in this scroll, shall settle down upon him,––and Yahweh wipe out his name from under the heavens;

¹⁵ Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged,––So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.

³⁰ Oh! how would, one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand, to flight,––Were it not that, their Rock, had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them;

⁸ And, of Levi, he said: Let, thy perfections and thy lights, belong unto thy man of lovingkindness,––Whom thou didst put to the proof at Massah, With whom thou didst contend over the waters of Meribah;

³ and the South,––and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

⁷ So, the men, pursued them by way of the Jordan unto the fords,––the gate being shut as soon as they who pursued them had gone forth.

²⁰ And, these twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up, in Gilgal.

¹ And it came to pass, when they heard,––namely, all the kings who were over the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland, and in all the coast of the great sea, over against the Lebanon,––the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; ––

³ the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite and the Jebusite, in the hill country,––and the Hivite, under Hermon, in the land of Mizpah;

⁸ And Yahweh delivered them up into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them as far as great Zidon, and as far as Misrephoth–maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpeh, eastward,––yea they smote them until they left them not a survivor. ⁹ And Joshua did unto them, as Yahweh had said unto him,––their horses, he ham–strung, and, their chariots, burned he up with fire.
¹⁰ Then Joshua turned back, at that time, and captured Hazor, and, the king thereof, smote he with the sword,––for, Hazor, aforetime, was the head of all these kingdoms. ¹¹ And they smote all the souls that were therein, with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, there was left no breathing thing,––and, Hazor, burned he up with fire. ¹² And, all the cities of these kings, and all the kings thereof, did Joshua capture, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction,––as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded. ¹³ Yet, none of the cities that were still standing upon their mound, did Israel burn, none but Hazor alone, did Joshua burn.

²³ So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh had spoken unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their portions by their tribes,––and, the land, had rest from war.

³ from the Shihor which faceth Egypt, even as far as the boundary of Ekron, northward, to the Canaanites, is it counted,––five princes of Philistines, the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, also the Avvim

⁵ and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon, to the rising of the sun, from Baal–gad, under Mount Hermon,––as far as the entering in of Hamath:

¹⁷ And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it,––so he gave unto him Achsah, his daughter, to wife.

¹⁵ And Joshua said unto them: If, a numerous people, thou art, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there, in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim,––seeing that, too narrow for thee, is the hill country of Ephraim.

¹⁸ for, the hill country, shall be thine, in that, a forest, it is, therefore canst thou cut it down, and thine shall be the extensions thereof,––for thou shalt dispossess the Canaanites, though, chariots of iron, they have, and though, strong, they are.

²⁸ and Ebron and Rehob, and Hammon and Kanah,––as far as Zidon the populous;

¹³ Then Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it,––and he gave him Achsah his daughter, to wife.

¹⁶ Now, the sons of the Kenite, father–in–law of Moses, had come up from the city of palm–trees, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad,––so they went and dwelt with the people.

²⁹ And, Ephraim, dispossessed not the Canaanites who were dwelling in Gezer,––so the Canaanites remained in their midst, in Gezer. ³⁰ Zebulun, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol,––but the Canaanites remained in their midst, and came under tribute. ³¹ Asher, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon,––nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob; ³² but the Asherites dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,––for they dispossessed them not.

¹⁰ All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,––and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel. ¹¹ So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,––and served the Baals;

¹¹ So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,––and served the Baals; ¹² and forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them,––and angered Yahweh. ¹³ Yea, they forsook Yahweh,––and did service unto the Baal and unto Ashtaroth. ¹⁴ Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers, who plundered them,––and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

¹⁶ And, though Yahweh raised up judges,––who saved them out of the hand of them that plundered them,

¹⁹ But, when the judge was dead, they again broke faith more than their fathers, by going their way after other gods, by serving them, and bowing themselves down to them,––they ceased not from their doings nor from their stubborn way. ²⁰ So then the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel, and he said––Forasmuch as this nation have transgressed my covenant, which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice, ²¹ I also, will no further dispossess a man from before them,––from among the nations which Joshua left remaining, when he died; ²² that I may, by them, put Israel to the proof,––whether they are going to be observant of the way of Yahweh, to walk therein as their fathers observed it, or not.

²² that I may, by them, put Israel to the proof,––whether they are going to be observant of the way of Yahweh, to walk therein as their fathers observed it, or not.

¹ Now, these, are the nations which Yahweh left, that he might, by them, put Israel to the proof,––all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan;

⁹ And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, so Yahweh raised up a saviour unto the sons of Israel, who saved them,––even Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

¹¹ And the land had rest forty years,––and Othniel son of Kenaz, died.
¹² And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh,––and Yahweh emboldened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh;

¹⁵ And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up unto them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left–handed,––and the sons of Israel sent, by his hand, a present, unto Eglon king of Moab.

¹⁷ So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab,––now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man.

¹⁹ but, he himself, turned back from the images that were by Gilgal, and said, A secret word, have I, unto thee, O king! And he said––Silence! Thereupon went out from his presence all who had been standing near him. ²⁰ And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat. ²¹ And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh,––and thrust it into his body;

²⁹ And they smote of Moab, at that time, about ten thousand men, every one a mighty man, and every one a man of valour,––and, there escaped not a man. ³⁰ And Moab was subdued on that day, under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years, and Ehud judged them until his death.

¹ And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,––when, Ehud, was dead. ² So Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor,––now, the prince of his host, was Sisera, and, he, dwelt in Harosheth of the nations. ³ And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh,––for he had, nine hundred chariots of iron, and, he, oppressed the sons of Israel heavily, twenty years.

³ And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh,––for he had, nine hundred chariots of iron, and, he, oppressed the sons of Israel heavily, twenty years.
⁴ And, Deborah, a woman who was a prophetess, wife of Lapidoth, she, was judging Israel, at that time: ⁵ she used to sit, therefore, under the palm–tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, in the hill country of Ephraim,––and the sons of Israel came up to her, for justice. ⁶ And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh–naphtali,––and said unto him––Hath not Yahweh God of Israel, commanded,––Come and draw towards Mount Tabor, and bring with thee––ten thousand men, of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun; ⁷ and I will draw unto thee, unto the torrent of Kishon, Sisera, prince of the host of Jabin, with his chariots, and with his multitude,––and will deliver him into thy hand? ⁸ And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then will I go––but, if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. ⁹ And she said––I will, go, with thee; only, it shall not be, thine own honour, that shall arise from the journey which thou art about to take, for, into the hand of a woman, will Yahweh sell Sisera. So Deborah arose, and went with Barak, towards Kadesh.

⁹ And she said––I will, go, with thee; only, it shall not be, thine own honour, that shall arise from the journey which thou art about to take, for, into the hand of a woman, will Yahweh sell Sisera. So Deborah arose, and went with Barak, towards Kadesh.
¹⁰ And Barak called together Zebulun and Naphtali, towards Kadesh, and there went up at his feet––ten thousand men,––and Deborah, went up with him.

¹⁰ And Barak called together Zebulun and Naphtali, towards Kadesh, and there went up at his feet––ten thousand men,––and Deborah, went up with him. ¹¹ Now, Heber the Kenite, had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the sons of Hobab, father–in–law of Moses,––and moved his tent as far as the oak of Zaanaim, which is near Kadesh. ¹² And they told Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor. ¹³ So Sisera called together all his chariots––nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him,––from Harosheth of the nations, unto the torrent of Kishon. ¹⁴ Then said Deborah unto Barak––Up! for, this, is the day on which Yahweh hath delivered Sisera into thy hand, hath not, Yahweh, gone forth before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men after him. ¹⁵ And Yahweh put to flight Sisera and all the chariots and all the host, with the edge of the sword, before Barak,––so Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled on foot. ¹⁶ Now, Barak, pursued the chariots, and the host, as far as Harosheth of the nations,––and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, there was not left so much as one.
¹⁷ Now, Sisera, had fled on foot, unto the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazer, and the house of Heber the Kenite. ¹⁸ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him: Turn aside, my lord, turn aside with me, do not fear. So he turned aside with her into the tent, and she threw over him a coverlet. ¹⁹ And he said unto her––Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty. So she opened the bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and spread over him the coverlet. ²⁰ And he said unto her, Stand at the entrance of the tent,––and it shall be, if any man come and ask thee and say––Is there here a man? that thou shalt say, There is not. ²¹ Then took Jael, wife of Heber, the tent–pin, and put the mallet in her hand, and went in unto him, softly, and smote the tent–pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground,––he being fast asleep and shrouded in darkness, and he died. ²² And lo! Barak––in pursuit of Sisera! So Jael went forth to meet him, and said unto him, Come and let me shew thee––the man whom thou art seeking. And he came in with her, and lo! Sisera––lying dead, with the tent–pin in his temples. ²³ Thus God subdued, on that day, Jabin king of Canaan,––before the sons of Israel. ²⁴ And the hand of the sons of Israel went on, waxing more and more heavy upon Jabin king of Canaan,––until they had cut off Jabin king of Canaan.

⁶ In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the roads were forsaken,––and, the frequenters of highways, betook them to roundabout paths:

⁸ They chose gods that were new, Then,––war at the gates! Was there, a shield, to be seen? or a spear? among forty thousand in Israel?

¹⁴ Out of Ephraim, [came down] they whose root was in Amalek, After thee, Benjamin, among thy tribes,––Out of Machir, had come down governors, And, out of Zebulun, such as bear aloft the staff of the marshal;

³¹ So, perish all thine enemies, O Yahweh, But be, they who love him, as the going forth of the sun, in his might! And the land had rest forty years.

⁷ And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried unto Yahweh,––on account of Midian,

²⁵ And it came to pass, on that night, that Yahweh said unto him––Take the young bullock that belongeth to thy father, even the second bullock of seven years,––and throw thou down the altar of Baal, that belongeth to thy father, and, the sacred stem that is by it, shalt thou cut down.

³⁴ But, the spirit of Yahweh, clothed Gideon,––so he blew with a horn, and Abiezer was gathered after him.

⁹ And it came to pass, on that night, that Yahweh said unto him, Arise! go down against the camp,––for I have delivered it into thy hand.

¹⁵ And it was so, when Gideon heard the story of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he bowed himself down,––and returned unto the camp of Israel, and said––Arise! for Yahweh hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

¹⁷ Then he said unto them, On me, shall ye look, and, in like manner, shall ye do,––and lo! when I am coming unto the outermost part of the camp, then shall it be, that, as I do, so, shall ye do.

²⁴ And, messengers, did Gideon send through all the hill country of Ephraim, saying––Go down to meet Midian, and capture, before them, the waters, as far as Beth–barah, and the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and captured the waters, as far as Beth–barah, and the Jordan.

²⁸ Thus was Midian subdued, before the sons of Israel, neither did they again lift up their head,––and the land had rest forty years, in the days of Gideon.

⁷ So the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel,––and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon;

¹⁰ Then did the sons of Israel make outcry unto Yahweh, saying,––We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.

¹² The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you,––and ye made outcry unto me, and I saved you out of their hand.

¹⁷ Now the sons of Ammon were called out, and they encamped in Gilead,––and the sons of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.

⁴ And so it came to pass, after a time,––that the sons of Ammon made war with Israel. ⁵ When, therefore, it came to pass that the sons of Ammon made war with Israel, then went the elders of Gilead, to summon Jephthah out of the land of Tob. ⁶ And they said to Jephthah, Oh! come and be our commander,––that we may do battle with the sons of Ammon. ⁷ But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Have not, ye, hated me, and thrust me out from the house of my father? Wherefore then, are ye come unto me, now, when ye are in distress? ⁸ And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah––Therefore, have we, now, returned unto thee, that, if thou go with us, and do battle with the sons of Ammon, then shalt thou become our head, for all the inhabitants of Gilead. ⁹ And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead––If ye do bring me back to do battle with the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them up before me, shall, I myself, become your head? ¹⁰ And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah––Yahweh himself, will be hearkening between us, if, according to thy word, so, we do not. ¹¹ Then went Jephthah with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them, as head and commander,––and Jephthah spake all his words before Yahweh, in Mizpah.
¹² So then Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the sons of Ammon, saying,––What occasion is there between us, that thou shouldst have come unto me, to fight against my land? ¹³ And the king of the sons of Ammon said unto the messengers of Jephthah––Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan,––now, therefore, restore them in peace. ¹⁴ And Jephthah yet once more sent messengers unto the king of the sons of Ammon; ¹⁵ and said unto him, Thus, saith Jephthah,––Israel took not away the land of Moab, or the land of the sons of Ammon; ¹⁶ for, when they came up out of Egypt, and Israel journeyed through the desert as far as the Red Sea, and came in unto Kadesh, ¹⁷ then did Israel send messengers unto the king of Edom, saying––Let me pass, I pray thee, through thy land, but the king of Edom hearkened not, unto the king of Moab also, sent they, but he would not consent,––so Israel abode in Kadesh. ¹⁸ Then journeyed they through the desert, and went round the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and so came, from the rising of the sun, to the land of Moab, but encamped beyond Arnon,––and entered not within the boundary of Moab, for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab. ¹⁹ Then did Israel send messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon,––and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land as far as my own place. ²⁰ But Sihon trusted not Israel, to pass through his boundary, so Sihon gathered together all his people, and encamped in Jahaz,––and fought against Israel. ²¹ Then did Yahweh, God of Israel, deliver up Sihon, and all his people, into the hand of Israel, and they smote them,––so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that land. ²² Yea they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites,––from Arnon, even as far as the Jabbok, and from the desert, even as far as the Jordan. ²³ Now, therefore, it was, Yahweh God of Israel, that dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,––and shalt, thou, possess it? ²⁴ What Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess, that, wilt thou not possess? and, whatsoever Yahweh our God hath set before us to possess, that, shall we not possess? ²⁵ Now, therefore, art thou, really better, than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Hath there been any, striving at all, with Israel, or any, fighting at all, with them, ²⁶ all the time that Israel hath been dwelling in Heshbon and in her towns, and in Aroer and in her towns, and in all the cities that are on the banks of Arnon,––for three hundred years? Wherefore, then, have ye not made a rescue within that time? ²⁷ I, therefore, have not sinned against thee; but, thou, art doing me a wrong, in fighting against me,––Let Yahweh, the Judge, give judgment today, between the sons of Israel, and the sons of Ammon! ²⁸ But the king of the sons of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah, which he sent unto him.
²⁹ Then came upon Jephthah the spirit of Yahweh, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh,––and passed through Mizpeh of Gilead, and, from Mizpeh of Gilead, he passed through [unto] the sons of Ammon.

²⁹ Then came upon Jephthah the spirit of Yahweh, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh,––and passed through Mizpeh of Gilead, and, from Mizpeh of Gilead, he passed through [unto] the sons of Ammon. ³⁰ And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Yahweh, and said,––If thou wilt, deliver, the sons of Ammon into my hand, ³¹ then shall it be, that, whosoever cometh forth out of the doors of my house, to meet me, when I return successful, from the sons of Ammon, shall belong unto Yahweh, and I will offer him up, as an ascending–sacrifice. ³² So then Jephthah passed over unto the sons of Ammon, to fight against them,––and Yahweh delivered them into his hand; ³³ and he smote them, from Aroer even till thou enterest in to Minnith, even twenty cities, and as far as Abel–keramim, with an exceeding great smiting,––and thus were the sons of Ammon subdued before the sons of Israel.

⁵ And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan, against the Ephraimites,––and so it was, that, when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me pass over, the men of Gilead said to him, An Ephraimite, art thou? and, if he said––Nay!

²⁵ And the spirit of Yahweh began to urge him to and fro, in the camp of Dan,––between Zorah and Eshtaol.

⁴ Now, his father and his mother, knew not, that, from Yahweh, it was, that, an occasion, he was seeking of the Philistines,––at that time, the Philistines having dominion over Israel.

⁶ And the Spirit of Yahweh, came suddenly over him, and he tore it in pieces as if he had torn in pieces a kid, there being, nothing at all, in his hand,––but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

¹⁹ And the Spirit of Yahweh, came suddenly over him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote of them thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes [of raiment] to them who had told the riddle,––and his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

¹⁵ Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly–slain,––so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, a thousand men.

¹ And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose, name, was Micah.

⁷ So the five men went their way, and entered Laish,––and saw the people who were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quietly and securely, and there was no one to reproach them with anything in the land, none to possess himself of dominion, they being, far away, from the Zidonians, and having no dealings with any one.

¹ And it came to pass in those days, when, king, there was none in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem–judah.

¹⁶ Out of all this people, were seven hundred chosen men, left–handed,––any one of whom could sling with a stone to a hair’s–breadth, and not miss.

²⁹ Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,––and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me?

¹ And so it was, when the word of Samuel had reached all Israel, that Israel went forth to meet the Philistines in battle, and they encamped near Eben–ezer, while, the Philistines, encamped in Aphek.

¹ And so it was, when the word of Samuel had reached all Israel, that Israel went forth to meet the Philistines in battle, and they encamped near Eben–ezer, while, the Philistines, encamped in Aphek. ² And the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and, when the battle spread, then was Israel smitten before the Philistines,––and there were slain of the army in the field about four thousand men.

¹⁸ And the golden mice, by the number of all the cities of the Philistines, pertaining to the five lords, both fortified cities, and country villages,––yea, even the great meadow whereon they rested the ark of Yahweh, until this day, is in the field–land of Joshua, the man of Beth–shemesh.

⁶ Then will come suddenly upon thee, the Spirit of Yahweh, and thou shalt be moved to prophesy with them,––and shalt be changed into another man.

²⁷ But, abandoned men, said––How can this one save us? So they treated him with contempt, and brought him no present,––but he was as one that was deaf.

⁶ And the Spirit of God came suddenly upon Saul, when he heard these words,––and his anger raged furiously.

⁹ And, when they forgat Yahweh their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, prince of the host of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them; ¹⁰ But, when they made outcry unto Yahweh and said––We have sinned, in that we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths,––now, therefore, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve thee,

³ Then did Jonathan smite the garrison of Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it,––and, Saul, blew with a horn throughout all the land saying, Let the Hebrews hear!

⁵ And, the Philistines, gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, a people also like the sand that is on the sea–shore for multitude,––and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth–aven.

¹⁹ Now, a smith, could not be found, throughout all the land of Israel––for the Philistines had said, Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear.

¹⁹ Now, a smith, could not be found, throughout all the land of Israel––for the Philistines had said, Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear. ²⁰ So all Israel went down to the Philistines,––to sharpen every man his share, and his mattock, and his axe, and his sickle.

²⁰ So all Israel went down to the Philistines,––to sharpen every man his share, and his mattock, and his axe, and his sickle. ²¹ Howbeit they had a file for the sickles, and the mattocks, and the three–pronged forks, and the axes,––and for setting the goads.

²¹ Howbeit they had a file for the sickles, and the mattocks, and the three–pronged forks, and the axes,––and for setting the goads. ²² Thus would it come to pass, in the day of battle, that there was found––neither sword nor spear, in the hand of any of the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan, but such were found belonging to Saul and to Jonathan his son.

²² Thus would it come to pass, in the day of battle, that there was found––neither sword nor spear, in the hand of any of the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan, but such were found belonging to Saul and to Jonathan his son. ²³ Now the garrison of the Philistines had come out to the pass of Michmash.

³³ And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal.

¹³ And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David, from that day forward. Then arose Samuel, and went his way unto Ramah.

⁴⁷ and that all this gathered host may know that, not with sword and with spear, doth Yahweh save,––for, unto Yahweh, belongeth the battle, and he will deliver you into our hand.

⁵⁰ Thus David prevailed over the Philistine, with the sling and with the stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him,––but, sword, was there none in the hand of David.

³ And he came into the sheep–folds by the way, there, being a cave, which Saul entered, to cover his feet,––David and his men, in the hinder part of the cave, having taken up their abode.

² And, the lords of the Philistines, were passing on by hundreds, and by thousands,––but, David and his men, were passing on in the rear, with Achish.

¹ So then Yahweh sent Nathan the prophet unto David,––who therefore came unto him and said to him––Two men, there were in a certain city, the one, rich, and, the other, poor. ² The, rich, man had flocks and herds exceeding many; ³ whereas the, poor, man had, nothing,––save one little lamb, which he had made his own, and sustained, and it had grown up with him and with his children, all together,––of his own morsel, used it to eat, and, out of his own cup, used it to drink, and, in his own bosom, used it to lie, and it was to him, as a daughter. ⁴ Now there came a traveller to the rich man, but he thought it a pity to take of his own flock, or his own herd, to make ready for the wayfarer who had come to him,––so he took the lamb of his poor neighbour, and made ready for the man who had come to him. ⁵ Then was kindled the anger of David against the man, fiercely,––and he said unto Nathan, By the life of Yahweh, doomed to death, is the man that hath done this; ⁶ and, the lamb, shall he pay back sevenfold,––because he did this thing, and, for that he had no pity. ⁷ Then said Nathan unto David: Thou, art the man! Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel––I, anointed thee to be king over Israel, and, I, delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; ⁸ and gave unto thee the household of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah. And, if this had been too little, I could have further given thee more and more of such things. ⁹ Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon! ¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age–abiding times,––because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Behold me! raising up over thee calamity out of thine own household, and I will take thy wives, before thine eyes, and give unto thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives, in the eyes of this sun. ¹² For, thou, didst it, in secret,––but, I, will do this thing, before all Israel, and before the sun. ¹³ And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Yahweh. Then said Nathan unto David,––Yahweh also, hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die! ¹⁴ Nevertheless, because thou hast greatly blasphemed Yahweh, by this thing, the very son that is born to thee, shall, die.
¹⁵ And Nathan departed unto his own house,––and Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah had borne unto David, and it fell sick.

²² So the woman came unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast it out unto Joab. And he blew with a horn, and they dispersed themselves from the city, every man to his home; but, Joab, returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

¹² Go and speak unto David––Thus, saith Yahweh, Three things, do I offer thee,––choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

¹ But, King Solomon, loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,––women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites: ² out of the nations concerning whom Yahweh had said unto the sons of Israel––Ye shall not go in unto them, and, they, shall not come in unto you, surely they will turn aside your heart after their gods. Unto these, did Solomon cleave in love. ³ So it came to pass that he had seven hundred wives who were princesses, and three hundred concubines,––and, his wives, turned aside, his heart. ⁴ Yea it came to pass, in the old age of Solomon, that, his wives, turned aside his heart after other gods,––his heart therefore was not sound with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father. ⁵ And Solomon went after Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

³³ And Ahab made the Sacred Stem,––and Ahab did yet more to provoke to anger Yahweh God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

¹⁹ Now, therefore, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto Mount Carmel,––and the prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Sacred Stem, four hundred, who do eat at the table of Jezebel.

¹ Now, Naaman, general of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man in presence of his lord, and held in honour, because, by him, had Yahweh given deliverance to Syria,––and, the man, was a hero of valour––[but], a leper.

⁵ And, when he came up, lo! the captains of the force, sitting, and he said––A word, have I, for thee, O captain! And Jehu said––For which, of us all? And he said,––For thee, O captain! ⁶ Then rose he up and went inside, and poured out the oil upon his head, and said unto him––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, I have anointed thee to be king unto the people of Yahweh, unto Israel;

¹³ Then hasted they, and took, every man his garment, and put it under him, upon the very steps,––and blew with a horn, and said, Jehu, is king!

⁶ and he brought forth the Sacred Stem out of the house of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem, into the Kidron ravine, and burned it in the Kidron ravine, and crushed it to powder,––and cast the powder upon the graves of the sons of the people;

¹⁴ and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems,––and filled their place with human bones:

¹³ And, the sons of Kenaz, were Othniel, and Seraiah,––and, the sons of Othniel, Hathath.

² armed with the bow, using right hand or left with stones, and with arrows in the bow,––of the brethren of Saul, out of Benjamin:

⁸ Nevertheless they shall become his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

¹ Now, as for Azariah son of Oded, there came upon him, the spirit of God.

¹⁶ Moreover also, as touching Maacah mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made, unto the Sacred Stem, a monstrous thing,––so Asa cut down her monstrous thing, and reduced it to dust, and burnt it up, in the Kidron ravine.

¹⁴ Now, as for Jahaziel son of Zechariah son of Benaiah son of Jeiel son of Mattaniah a Levite, of the sons of Asaph, there came upon him the spirit of Yahweh, in the midst of the convocation:

¹⁸ And they forsook the house of Yahweh, God of their fathers, and served the Sacred Stems, and the images,––so there was wrath against Judah and Jerusalem, for this their guilt.

³¹ Yet verily, with regard to the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire concerning the wonderful token which came to pass in the land, God left him,––to prove him, to take note of all that was in his heart.

³ And he again built the high places, which Hezekiah his father had thrown down,––and set up altars to the Baalim, and made Sacred Stems, and bowed in prostration unto all the army of the heavens, and served them;

¹⁹ both his prayer and how [God] was entreated of him––and all his sin and his treacherous act, and the sites whereon he built high places, and set up the Sacred Stems and the images, before he humbled himself, there they are, written in the story of the seers.

³ And, in the eighth year of his reign, he, being yet a boy, he began to seek unto the God of David his father,–and, in the twelfth year, he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, from the high places and the Sacred Stems, and the carved images and the molten images.

⁷ And, when he had thrown down the altars and the Sacred Stems, and, the images, he had beaten to powder, and, the sun–pillars, he had hewn down throughout all the land of Israel, then returned he to Jerusalem.

¹¹ which thou didst command by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying, As for the land which, ye, are entering to possess, an impure land, it is, with the impurity of the peoples of the lands,––with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to the other, with their uncleanness. ¹² Now, therefore, your daughters, do not ye give to their sons, and, their daughters, do not ye take for your sons, neither shall ye seek their prosperity nor their pleasure unto times age–abiding,––to the end ye may become strong, and may eat the good of the land, and may suffer your children to possess it, unto times age–abiding.

⁸ and didst find his heart faithful before thee, and didst solemnize with him a covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite,––to give it unto his seed,––and didst confirm thy words, for, righteous, thou art.

²⁷ Therefore didst thou deliver them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them,––and, in the time of their distress, they made outcry unto thee, and, thou, out of the heavens, didst hear, and, according to thine abounding compassions, gavest them saviors, that they might save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

²³ Moreover, in these days, saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab; ²⁴ and, their children, were one–half speaking the language of Ashdod, and understood not how to speak the language of the Jews,––but after the tongue of both people. ²⁵ So I contended with them, and laid a curse upon them, and I smote, from among them, certain men, and pulled out their hair,––and I put them on oath by God, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take of their daughters, for your sons nor for yourselves. ²⁶ Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned––though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel,––even him, did foreign women, cause to sin. ²⁷ Unto you, then, shall we hearken, to do all this great wickedness, to act unfaithfully with our God,––by marrying foreign wives?

²² according to the days wherein the Jews found rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned for them, from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a happy day,––that they should make them days of banqueting and rejoicing, and of sending portions, every one to his neighbour, and gifts, unto the needy.

²⁷ For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;

²⁵ He hath drawn it out, and it hath come forth out of his back,––yea the flashing arrow–head, out of his gall, There shall march on him––terrors:

¹⁰ But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.

¹ [To the Chief Musician, with stringed Instruments upon the eighth. A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me.

¹⁰ Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,––With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.

⁵ Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.

¹ [A Melody of David.]
Give to Yahweh, ye sons of the mighty,––Give to Yahweh, [both] glory and strength:

³ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, [’Tis] thine honour and thy majesty;

¹⁵ Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

¹¹ Do not cast me away from thy presence, And, thy Holy Spirit, do not take from me:

⁷ Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;

¹⁹ How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased––come to an end, by reason of calamities.

³⁴ If he slew [of] them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;

⁶ The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes; ⁷ Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;

³ Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.

¹⁵ Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:

³⁴ They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them; ³⁵ But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings; ³⁶ Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare: ³⁷ Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons; ³⁸ And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood–shed;

⁴¹ So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them; ⁴² And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand. ⁴³ Many times, did he rescue them,––But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Then looked he on the distress which befell them,––when he heard their loud cry;

¹³ Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses, he saved them; ¹⁴ He brought them forth out of darkness and death–shade, and, their fetters, he tare off. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ¹⁶ For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.
¹⁷ The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted; ¹⁸ All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death, ¹⁹ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them.

⁶ The high songs of GOD be in their throat, and a two–edged sword in their hand:

³ Fining–pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.

¹⁶ The gift of a man, maketh room for him, and, before great men, setteth him down.

⁶ Many, will entreat the favour of a noble, and, every one, is a friend to a man abounding in gifts.

¹⁴ A gift in secret, quencheth anger, and, a present in the bosom, mighty wrath.

⁸ All of them, grasping the sword, trained for war,––every man, with his sword upon his thigh, because of dread, in the night–time.

¹⁵ Shall the axe, boast itself, against him that heweth therewith? Or, the saw, magnify itself, against him that wieldeth it? As if a rod, could wield, them who lift it up! As if a staff, could raise, what is, not wood!

¹⁶ Do not hearken unto Hezekiah,––for, thus, saith the king of Assyria, Deal with me thankfully, and come out unto me, Then shall ye eat, Every one of his own vine, and, Every one of his own fig–tree, And drink, every one the waters of his own cistern:

²⁶ Hast thou not heard––That, long ago, that, is what I appointed, And, from days of old, devised? Now, have I brought it to pass, That thou mightest serve to lay waste, in desolate ruins, fortified cities;

¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, to his Anointed, to Cyrus––Whose right hand I have firmly grasped, To subdue, before him, nations, And, the loins of kings, will I ungird,––To open, before him, the two–leaved doors, And, the gates, shall not be shut: ² I, before thee, will go, And, the hills, will I level––The doors of bronze, will I break in pieces, And, the bars of iron, will I cut asunder; ³ Then will I give thee, The treasures of darkness, Even the hoards of hidden places,––That thou mayest get to know, That, I––Yahweh, who am calling thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. ⁴ For the sake of my servant Jacob, Even Israel my chosen, Therefore have I called unto thee by thy name, I give thee a title though thou hast not known me,––

¹ Thus, saith Yahweh––Where then is the scroll of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it, to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And, for your transgressions, hath your mother been put away.

²⁸ They have waxed fat, they shine, Yea, they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless, that they might prosper,––Yea, justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.

²⁷ An assayer, have I set thee amongst my people, of gold–ore,––That thou mayest note and try their way:

⁷ Who, would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as, among all the wise men of the nations, And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is, like unto thee.

⁹ Deceitful, is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward,––Who can know it? ¹⁰ I––Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man, According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

¹² So shall ye call upon me,––And go and pray unto me,––And I will hearken unto you; ¹³ So shall ye seek me, and find, For ye will enquire after me, with all your heart;

³ Call unto me, that I may answer thee,––and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.

¹¹ Because they used to be glad, Because they used to be uproarious, When plundering mine inheritance,––Because they used to caper about as a heifer at grass, And bellow like bulls.

³ Therefore shalt thou say––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To Jerusalem, Thine origin and thy birth, were of the land of the Canaanite,––Thy father, was the Amorite, And, thy mother, a Hittite,

²⁰ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, unto them: Here am, I myself, Therefore, will I judge between fat, sheep and lean, sheep,

¹⁶ Therefore wilt thou come up, against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land,––In the afterpart of the days, shall it be, that I will suffer thee to enter upon my land, To the end the nations, may know me, when I hallow myself in thee before their eyes, O Gog!

²² Thyself, it is, O king, in that thou art grown, and become strong,––and, thy greatness hath grown, and reached to the heavens, and, thy dominion, to the end of the earth.

¹⁸ As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;

⁴ What can I do unto thee, O Ephraim? What can I do unto thee, O Judah? for, your lovingkindness, is like a morning cloud, yea, like the dew, early departing!

¹⁵ And I will smite the winter house along with the summer house,––and the houses of ivory, shall be destroyed! and the great houses, shall disappear, Declareth Yahweh.

⁹ The voice of Yahweh, to the city, crieth out, With safety for him who regardeth his name,––Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

⁷ Under distress, saw I the tents of Ethiopia,––tremble, do the curtains of the land of Midian.

³ So shall it come about that, when any man shall prophesy again, then will his own father and his own mother, of whom he was born, say unto him,––Thou shalt not live! For falsehood hast thou spoken in the name of Yahweh,––So will his own father and his own mother of whom he was born, pierce him through, when he prophesieth,

⁹ And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold,––It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

³⁴ Do not think, that I came to thrust peace upon the earth,––I came not to thrust, peace, but, a sword; ³⁵ For I came to set at variance––a man, against, his father, and, a daughter, against, her mother, and, a bride, against, her mother–in–law; ³⁶ And, a man foes, are, they of his own house. ³⁷ He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me,––and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me; ³⁸ And, he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not, worthy, of me. ³⁹ He that hath found his life, shall lose it,––and, he that hath lost his life, for my sake, shall find it.

²⁴ Jesus himself, however, was not trusting himself unto them, by reason of his understanding them all,

³³ These things, have I spoken unto you, that, in me, ye may have, peace: In the world, ye have, tribulation; but be taking courage,––I, have overcome the world.

¹¹ Jesus answered him––Thou couldst have had no authority against me, at all, if it had not been given unto thee from above. Therefore, he that delivered me unto thee, hath, greater sin.

¹⁸ He, therefore, taking him with him, brought him unto the captain, and saith––The prisoner Paul, calling me unto him, requested me to bring this young man unto thee, as having somewhat to tell thee. ¹⁹ And the captain, taking him by the hand, and going aside, began, privately, to ask––What is it which thou hast to report unto me?

¹⁴ For we know that, the law, is spiritual,––I, however, am a creature of flesh, sold under sin;

¹⁷ For Christ sent me not, to be immersing, but to be telling the good news,––not with wisdom of discourse, lest, void should be made, the cross of the Christ.

²⁶ I, therefore, so, am running, as, not uncertainly, so, am boxing, as not thrashing air; ²⁷ But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means,––unto others, having proclaimed, [the contest], I myself, should be rejected.

¹⁹ For there must needs be, even parties among you, that, the approved, [themselves] may become manifest among you.

⁴ But, distributions of gifts, there are, yet the same Spirit, ⁵ And, distributions of ministries, there are, and the same Lord, ⁶ And, distributions of energies, there are, and the same God––who energiseth all things in all. ⁷ But, unto each one, is given the manifesting of the Spirit, with a view to that which is profitable; ⁸ For, unto one, indeed, through the Spirit, is given, a word of wisdom, but, unto another, a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; –– ⁹ Unto a different one, faith, in the same Spirit, and, unto another, gifts of healings, in the one Spirit, ¹⁰ And, unto another, energies of mighty works, [and], unto another, prophesying, [and], unto another, discriminations of spirits,––unto a different one, kinds of tongues, and, unto another, translation of tongues; –– ¹¹ But, all these, energiseth the one and the same Spirit, distributing unto each one, peculiarly, even as it is disposed.

¹⁶ So that, we, henceforth, know, no one, after the flesh: if we have even been gaining, after the flesh, a knowledge of Christ,

¹¹ Put on the complete armour of God, with a view to your having power to stand against the strategies of the adversary; ¹² Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world–holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies. ¹³ For this cause, take up the complete armour of God, in order that ye may receive power to withstand in the evil day, and, all things, having accomplished, to stand! ¹⁴ Stand therefore,––having girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ And shod your feet with the readiness of the glad–message of peace; ¹⁶ With all, having taken up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall have power, all the ignited darts of the wicked one, to quench; ¹⁷ And, the helmet of salvation, welcome ye, and the sword of the spirit, which is what God hath spoken, ¹⁸ With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints,––

⁹ Whose, presence, [shall be] according to an inworking of Satan, with all manner of mighty work and signs and wonders of falsehood, ¹⁰ And with all manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, that they might be saved; –– ¹¹ And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,–– ¹² In order that should be judged who would not believe in the truth, but were well–pleased with the unrighteousness.

¹² Be contesting the noble contest of the faith,––lay hold of the age–abiding life––unto which thou wast called, and didst make the noble confession before many witnesses.

³ Take thy part in suffering hardship, as a brave soldier of Christ Jesus:––

⁷ The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:

¹² For, living, is the word of God, and, energetic, and more cutting than any knife with two edges, and penetrating as far as a dividing asunder of soul and spirit, of joints also, and marrow, and able to judge the impulses and designs of the heart;

⁴ For it is impossible––as to these who have been, once for all, illuminated, who have tasted also of the heavenly free–gift, and have been made, partners, in a Holy Spirit,

⁷ In order that the proving of your faith––much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved––may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,––

¹² Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you;

¹⁶ And, having in his right hand, seven stars, and, out of his mouth, a sharp, two–edged sword, going forth; and, his whole appearance, as when, the sun, shineth in its strength.

¹² And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Pergamum, write:––These things, saith he that hath the sharp, two–edged sword:

²³ and, her children, will I slay with death; ––and all the assemblies shall get to know, that, I, am he that searcheth reins and hearts, and will give unto you, each one, according to your works.