He presentedthe tributeto Eglonkingof Moab.Now Eglonwas a veryfatman.
"For he has coveredhis facewith his fatAnd madehis thighsheavywith flesh.
Howthey are destroyedin a moment!They are utterlysweptawayby suddenterrors!
Their eyebulgesfrom fatness;The imaginationsof [their] heartrunriot.
They are fat,they are sleek,They alsoexcelin deedsof wickedness;They do not pleadthe cause,The causeof the orphan,that they may prosper;And they do not defendthe rightsof the poor.
"Becauseyou are glad,becauseyou are jubilant,O you who pillageMy heritage,Becauseyou skipaboutlike a threshingheiferAnd neighlike stallions,
Therefore,thussaysthe LordGODto them, "Behold,I, even I, will judgebetweenthe fatsheepand the leansheep.
Ehudmadehimself a swordwhich had twoedges,a cubitin length,and he boundit on his rightthighunderhis cloak.
It cameabout whenhe had finishedpresentingthe tribute,that he sentawaythe peoplewho had carriedthe tribute.
They struckdownat that timeabout tenthousandMoabites,allrobustand valiantmen;and nooneescaped.
Whydo you kickat My sacrificeand at My offeringwhichI have commanded[in My] dwelling,and honoryour sonsaboveMe, by makingyourselves fatwith the choicestof everyofferingof My peopleIsrael?'
