Wherever they went, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn to them. And it distressed them very much.
For I have set My face against this city for evil, and not for good, a statement of Jehovah. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword, and by the famine, until they are consumed.
So thus says Jehovah: Behold, I am plotting an evil against this family, from which you shall not remove your necks from there; and you shall not go exalted, for it is an evil time.
But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, that which I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
And the sons of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim. And Israel was greatly distressed.
will you wait for them, that they might grow up? Will you shut yourselves up for them, not to belong to a husband? No, my daughters, for it is much more bitter for me than for you, for the hand of Jehovah has gone out against me.
But if you will not listen to the voice of Jehovah, and you rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, even the hand of Jehovah shall be against you and against your fathers.
And the men of Israel saw that they were distressing to them, for the people were distressed. And the people hid themselves in caves, and in crevices, and in crags, and in tombs, and in cisterns.
And the men of Israel were pressed on that day, for Saul took an oath of the people, saying, Cursed shall be the man who eats food until the evening, when I have been avenged on my enemies; and none of the people tasted food.
And David was greatly distressed, for the people said to stone him. For the soul of the people was bitter, each man for his sons and for his daughters. And David made himself strong in Jehovah his God.