"Nowtherefore, listento me and returnthe captiveswhomyou capturedfrom your brothers,for the burningangerof the LORDis againstyou."
Then someof the headsof the sonsof Ephraim--Azariahthe sonof Johanan,Berechiahthe sonof Meshillemoth,Jehizkiahthe sonof Shallum,and Amasathe sonof Hadlai--aroseagainstthose who were comingfrom the battle,
The sonsof Israelcarriedaway captiveof their brethren200000women,sonsand daughters;and they tookalsoa greatdealof spoilfrom them, and broughtthe spoilto Samaria.
"Let our leadersrepresentthe wholeassemblyand let allthose in our citieswho have marriedforeignwivescomeat appointedtimes,togetherwith the eldersand judgesof eachcity,untilthe fierceangerof our Godon accountof thismatteris turnedawayfrom us."
Your burningangerhas passedoverme; Your terrorshave destroyedme.
"Is thisnot the fastwhich I choose,To loosenthe bondsof wickedness,To undothe bandsof the yoke,And to letthe oppressedgofreeAnd breakeveryyoke?
"Blessedare the merciful,for they shall receive mercy.
"For in the wayyou judge,you will be judged;and by your standardof measure,it will be measuredto you.
For judgment[will be] mercilessto one who has shownnomercy;mercytriumphs overjudgment.
