ManytimesHe would deliverthem; They, however, were rebelliousin their counsel,And [so] sankdownin their iniquity.
How blessedis the manwhodoes not walkin the counselof the wicked,Norstandin the pathof sinners,Norsitin the seatof scoffers!
Thus they provoked[Him] to angerwith their deeds,And the plaguebrokeout among them.
Becausethey had rebelledagainst the wordsof GodAnd spurnedthe counselof the MostHigh.
"So I gavethem overto the stubbornnessof their heart,To walkin their own devices.
"Also when the Sidonians,the Amalekitesand the Maonitesoppressedyou, you criedout to Me, and I deliveredyou from their hands.
"Newgodswere chosen;Thenwar[was] in the gates.Not a shieldor a spearwas seenAmong fortythousandin Israel.
For they would comeup with their livestockand their tents,they would comein like locustsfor number,both they and their camelswere innumerable;and they cameinto the landto devastateit.
So Israelwas broughtverylowbecauseof Midian,and the sonsof Israelcriedto the LORD.
Now noblacksmithcould be foundin allthe landof Israel,for the Philistinessaid,"Otherwisethe Hebrewswill makeswordsorspears."
