Your tacklehangsslack;It cannotholdthe baseof its mastfirmly,Norspreadout the sail.Thenthe preyof an abundantspoilwill be divided;The lamewill takethe plunder.
So the peoplewentout and plunderedthe campof the Arameans.Then a measureof fineflour[was sold] for a shekeland two measuresof barleyfor a shekel,according to the wordof the LORD.
When theseleperscameto the outskirtsof the camp,they enteredonetentand ateand drank,and carriedfrom theresilverand goldand clothes,and wentand hid[them]; and they returnedand enteredanothertentand carriedfrom there[also], and wentand hid[them].
When Jehoshaphatand his peoplecameto taketheir spoil,they foundmuchamong them, [including] goods,garmentsand valuablethingswhich they tookfor themselves, more thanthey could carry.And they were threedaystakingthe spoilbecausethere was so much.
"Kingsof armiesflee,they flee,And she whoremainsat homewill dividethe spoil!"
Whenyou liedownamongthe sheepfolds,[You are like] the wingsof a dovecoveredwith silver,And its pinionswith glisteninggold.
Woeto you, O destroyer,While you were not destroyed;And he who is treacherous,while [others] did not dealtreacherouslywith him. As soon as you finishdestroying,you will be destroyed;As soon as you ceaseto dealtreacherously,[others] will dealtreacherouslywith you.
But therethe majestic[One], the LORD,will be for us A placeof rivers[and] widecanalsOn which noboatwith oarswill go,And on which nomightyshipwill pass--
Your spoilis gathered[as] the caterpillargathers;As locustsrushingaboutmen rushabouton it.
Thenthe lamewill leaplike a deer,And the tongueof the mutewill shoutfor joy.For waterswill breakforthin the wildernessAnd streamsin the Arabah.
"Shebaand Dedanand the merchantsof Tarshishwith allits villageswill sayto you, 'Have you cometo capturespoil?Have you assembledyour companyto seizeplunder,to carryaway silverand gold,to takeaway cattleand goods,to capturegreatspoil?'"'
and on the thirdday they threwthe ship'stackleoverboard with their own hands.
but Godhas chosenthe foolish thingsof the worldto shamethe wise,and Godhas chosenthe weak thingsof the worldto shamethe things which are strong,
But Davidpursued,he and fourhundredmen,for two hundredwhowere tooexhaustedto crossthe brookBesorremained[behind].
