So they would campagainstthem and destroythe produceof the earthas faras Gaza,and leavenosustenancein Israelas well as no sheep,ox,or donkey.
The territoryof the Canaaniteextendedfrom Sidonas you gotoward Gerar,as faras Gaza;as you gotoward Sodomand Gomorrahand Admahand Zeboiim,as faras Lasha.
Lotliftedup his eyesand sawallthe valleyof the Jordan,that it was wellwateredeverywhere--[this was] beforethe LORDdestroyedSodomand Gomorrah--like the gardenof the LORD,like the landof Egyptas you goto Zoar.
A poormanwho oppressesthe lowlyIs [like] a drivingrainwhich leavesnofood.
"They will devouryour harvestand your food;They will devouryour sonsand your daughters;They will devouryour flocksand your herds;They will devouryour vinesand your figtrees;They will demolishwith the swordyour fortifiedcitiesin whichyou trust.
I, in turn,will dothisto you: I will appointoveryou a suddenterror,consumptionand feverthat will wasteawaythe eyesand cause the soulto pineaway;also, you will sowyour seeduselessly,for your enemieswill eatit up.
"Ifthievescameto you, Ifrobbersby night--O howyou will be ruined!--Would they not steal[only] until they hadenough?Ifgrape gathererscameto you, Would they not leave[some] gleanings?
"You will sowbut you will not reap.You will treadthe olivebut will not anointyourself with oil;And the grapes,but you will not drinkwine.
"A peoplewhomyou do not knowshall eatup the produceof your groundand allyour labors,and you will neverbe anythingbut oppressedand crushedcontinually.
"Moreover, it shall eatthe offspringof your herdand the produceof your grounduntilyou are destroyed,whoalso leavesyou nograin,newwine,or oil,northe increaseof your herdor the youngof your flockuntilthey have caused you to perish.
For it was whenIsraelhad sown,that the Midianiteswould comeup with the Amalekitesand the sonsof the eastand goagainstthem.
