"Your handswere not bound,noryour feetputin fetters;As one fallsbeforethe wicked,you have fallen."And allthe peopleweptagainoverhim.
They mournedand weptand fasteduntileveningfor Sauland his sonJonathanand for the peopleof the LORDand the houseof Israel,becausethey had fallenby the sword.
The kingchanteda [lament] for Abnerand said,"Should Abnerdieas a fooldies?
Then allthe peoplecameto persuade Davidto eatbreadwhile it was stillday;but Davidvowed,saying,"May Goddosoto me, and morealso,ifI tastebreadoranythingelsebeforethe sungoesdown."
"The murdererarisesat dawn;He killsthe poorand the needy,And at nighthe is as a thief.
"Thisis a lamentationand they shall chantit. The daughtersof the nationsshall chantit. OverEgyptand overallher hordesthey shall chantit," declaresthe LordGOD.
And as raiderswaitfor a man,[So] a bandof priestsmurderon the wayto Shechem;Surelythey have committedcrime.
Then the Philistinesseizedhim and gougedout his eyes;and they broughthim downto Gazaand boundhim with bronzechains,and he was a grinderin the prison.
