"Thisdaythe LORDwill deliveryou up into my hands,and I will strikeyou downand removeyour headfrom you. And I will givethe deadbodiesof the armyof the Philistinesthisdayto the birdsof the skyand the wildbeastsof the earth,that allthe earthmay knowthat thereis a Godin Israel,
within threemoredaysPharaohwill liftup your headfrom you and will hangyou on a tree,and the birdswill eatyour fleshoffyou."
Ahimaazcalledand saidto the king,"All is well."And he prostratedhimself before the kingwith his faceto the ground.And he said,"Blessedis the LORDyour God,whohas deliveredup the menwholiftedtheir handsagainst my lordthe king."
And Rizpahthe daughterof Aiahtooksackclothand spreadit for herself on the rock,from the beginningof harvestuntilit rainedon them from the sky;and she allowedneitherthe birdsof the skyto reston them by daynorthe beastsof the fieldby night.
hearin heavenYour dwellingplace,and doaccording to allfor whichthe foreignercallsto You, in orderthat allthe peoplesof the earthmay knowYour name,to fearYou, as [do] Your peopleIsrael,and that they may knowthat thishousewhichI have builtis calledby Your name.
sothat allthe peoplesof the earthmay knowthat the LORDis God;thereis nooneelse.
"Now,O LORDour God,I pray,deliverus from his handthat allthe kingdomsof the earthmay knowthat You alone,O LORD,are God."
When he returnedto the manof Godwith allhis company,and cameand stoodbeforehim, he said,"Beholdnow,I knowthat thereis noGodin allthe earth,but in Israel;so pleasetakea presentfrom your servantnow."
And You have not givenme overinto the handof the enemy;You have setmy feetin a largeplace.
"Cease[striving] and knowthat I am God;I will be exaltedamong the nations,I will be exaltedin the earth."
"But, indeed,for thisreasonI have allowed you to remain,in orderto showyou My powerand in orderto proclaimMy namethrough allthe earth.
"Now,O LORDour God,deliverus from his handthat allthe kingdomsof the earthmay knowthat You alone,LORD,are God."
The LORDhas baredHis holyarmIn the sightof allthe nations,That allthe endsof the earthmay seeThe salvationof our God.
Allyou beastsof the field,Allyou beastsin the forest,Cometo eat.
"I will makevoidthe counselof Judahand Jerusalemin thisplace,and I will cause them to fallby the swordbeforetheir enemiesand by the handof those who seektheir life;and I will giveover their carcassesas foodfor the birdsof the skyand the beastsof the earth.
I will givethem into the handof their enemiesand into the handof those who seektheir life.And their deadbodieswill be foodfor the birdsof the skyand the beastsof the earth.
The kingansweredDanieland said,"Surelyyour Godis a Godof godsand a Lordof kingsand a revealerof mysteries,sinceyou have beenableto revealthismystery."
"Therefore I makea decreethat anypeople,nationor tonguethat speaksanything offensiveagainstthe Godof Shadrach,Meshachand Abed-negoshall be tornlimbfrom limb and their housesreducedto a rubbishheap,inasmuchas thereis noothergodwhois ableto deliverin thisway."
"Whereverthe corpseis, therethe vultureswill gather.
"Your carcasseswill be foodto allbirdsof the skyand to the beastsof the earth,and therewill be nooneto frighten[them] away.
and when the LORDyour Goddeliversthem beforeyou and you defeatthem, then you shall utterlydestroythem. You shall makenocovenantwith them and shownofavorto them.
"But the LORDyour Godwill deliverthem beforeyou, and will throwthem into greatconfusionuntilthey are destroyed.
The LORDsaidto Joshua,"Do not fearthem, for I have giventhem into your hands;not oneof them shall standbeforeyou."
that allthe peoplesof the earthmay knowthat the handof the LORDis mighty,sothat you may fearthe LORDyour Godforever."
Then Jonathansaidto the youngmanwho was carryinghis armor,"Comeand let us crossoverto the garrisonof theseuncircumcised;perhapsthe LORDwill workfor us, for the LORDis not restrainedto saveby manyorby few."
The Philistinealso saidto David,"Cometo me, and I will giveyour fleshto the birdsof the skyand the beastsof the field."
