"Howcould onechasea thousand,And twoputtenthousandto flight,Unlesstheir Rockhad soldthem, And the LORDhad giventhem up?
"He will giveup Israelon accountof the sinsof Jeroboam,whichhe committedand with whichhe made Israelto sin."
They aroseat twilightto goto the campof the Arameans;when they cameto the outskirtsof the campof the Arameans,behold,therewas noonethere.
Theseof the sonsof Gadwere captainsof the army;he who was leastwas equal to a hundredand the greatestto a thousand.
Indeedthe armyof the Arameanscamewith a smallnumber of men;yet the LORDdelivereda verygreatarmyinto their hands,becausethey had forsakenthe LORD,the Godof their fathers.Thus they executedjudgmenton Joash.
"IfHe passesby or shutsup, Or callsan assembly,whocan restrainHim?
"Godhandsme overto ruffiansAnd tossesme into the handsof the wicked.
And You have not givenme overinto the handof the enemy;You have setmy feetin a largeplace.
You sellYour peoplecheaply,And have not profitedby their sale.
Onethousand[will flee] at the threatof one[man]; You will fleeat the threatof five,Untilyou are leftas a flagon a mountaintopAnd as a signalon a hill.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Whereis the certificateof divorceBy whichI have sentyour motheraway?Orto whomof My creditorsdid I sellyou? Behold,you were soldfor your iniquities,And for your transgressionsyour motherwas sentaway.
For thussaysthe LORD,"You were soldfor nothingand you will be redeemedwithoutmoney."
But you will chaseyour enemiesand they will fallbeforeyou by the sword;
fiveof you will chasea hundred,and a hundredof you will chasetenthousand,and your enemieswill fallbeforeyou by the sword.
"But since he did not have[the means] to repay,his lordcommandedhim to be sold,alongwith his wifeand childrenand allthat he had,and repayment to be made.
"The Rock!His workis perfect,For allHis waysare just;A Godof faithfulnessand withoutinjustice,Righteousand uprightis He.
"Oneof your menputsto flighta thousand,for the LORDyour Godis He who fightsfor you, justas He promisedyou.
The angerof the LORDburnedagainst Israel,and He gavethem into the handsof plundererswho plunderedthem; and He soldthem into the handsof their enemiesaround[them], so that they couldnolongerstandbeforetheir enemies.
Then the angerof the LORDwas kindledagainst Israel,so that He soldthem into the handsof Cushan-rishathaimkingof Mesopotamia;and the sonsof IsraelservedCushan-rishathaimeightyears.
"Thereis nooneholylike the LORD,Indeed,thereis noonebesidesYou, Noris thereany rocklike our God.
