"Howmuchmore,whenwickedmenhave killeda righteousmanin his own houseon his bed,shall I not nowrequirehis bloodfrom your handand destroyyou from the earth?"
"Nowyou are cursedfrom the ground,whichhas openedits mouthto receiveyour brother'sbloodfrom your hand.
Then Godsaidto Noah,"The endof allfleshhas comebeforeMe; for the earthis filledwith violencebecauseof them; and behold,I am about to destroythem with the earth.
Thus He blottedout everylivingthingthat was upon the faceof the land,from manto animalsto creepingthingsand to birdsof the sky,and they were blottedout from the earth;and onlyNoahwas left,together with those that were with him in the ark.
"The LORDhas returnedupon you allthe bloodshedof the houseof Saul,in whoseplaceyou have reigned;and the LORDhas giventhe kingdominto the handof your sonAbsalom.And behold,you are [taken] in your own evil,for you are a manof bloodshed!"
So when Abnerreturnedto Hebron,Joabtookhim asideinto the middleof the gateto speakwith him privately,and therehe struckhim in the bellyso that he diedon account of the bloodof Asahelhis brother.
"I am weaktoday,though anointedking;and thesementhe sonsof Zeruiahare toodifficultfor me. May the LORDrepaythe evildoeraccording to his evil."
"The LORDwill returnhis bloodon his own head,becausehe fellupon twomenmorerighteousand betterthanhe and killedthem with the sword,while my fatherDaviddid not know[it]: Abnerthe sonof Ner,commanderof the armyof Israel,and Amasathe sonof Jether,commanderof the armyof Judah.
Let them be beforethe LORDcontinually,That He may cutofftheir memoryfrom the earth;
For He who requiresbloodremembersthem; He does not forgetthe cryof the afflicted.
"He who strikesa manso that he diesshall surelybe putto death.
"For [if by] nowI had putforthMy handand struckyou and your peoplewith pestilence,you would then have been cutofffrom the earth.
But the wickedwill be cutofffrom the landAnd the treacherouswill be uprootedfrom it.
[Like] a trampledspringand a pollutedwellIs a righteousmanwho giveswaybeforethe wicked.
Thusyou shall sayto them, "The godsthat did not makethe heavensand the earthwill perishfrom the earthand from underthe heavens."
Are You not from everlasting,O LORD,my God,my HolyOne?We will not die.You, O LORD,have appointedthem to judge;And You, O Rock,have establishedthem to correct.
Thereforethe lawis ignoredAnd justiceis neverupheld.For the wickedsurroundthe righteous;Thereforejusticecomesout perverted.
not as Cain,[who] was of the eviloneand slewhis brother.And for whatreasondid he slayhim? Becausehis deedswere evil,and his brother'swere righteous.
