Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,
Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make for them swords or spears,
For they came up with their cattle and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number, and they came into the land to destroy it.
They chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to LORD.
The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you. And ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.