The angerof the LORDburnedagainst Israel,and He soldthem into the handsof the Philistinesand into the handsof the sonsof Ammon.
You sellYour peoplecheaply,And have not profitedby their sale.
O God,whyhave You rejected[us] forever?Why does Your angersmokeagainst the sheepof Your pasture?
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.
A jealousand avengingGodis the LORD;The LORDis avengingand wrathful.The LORDtakesvengeanceon His adversaries,And He reserveswrathfor His enemies.
Whocan standbeforeHis indignation?Whocan endurethe burningof His anger?His wrathis pouredout like fireAnd the rocksare brokenup by Him.
They afflictedand crushedthe sonsof Israelthat year;for eighteenyearsthey [afflicted] allthe sonsof Israelwhowere beyondthe Jordanin Gileadin the landof the Amorites.
Now the sonsof Israelagaindidevilin the sightof the LORD,so that the LORDgavethem into the handsof the Philistinesfortyyears.
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.
And the LORDsoldthem into the handof Jabinkingof Canaan,whoreignedin Hazor;and the commanderof his armywas Sisera,wholivedin Harosheth-hagoyim.
Then the sonsof Israeldidwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD;and the LORDgavethem into the handsof Midiansevenyears.
