He pourscontemptupon princesAnd makes them wanderin a pathlesswaste.
"You shall speakto him, saying,'Thussaysthe LORD,"Have you murderedand alsotakenpossession?"'And you shall speakto him, saying,'Thussaysthe LORD,"In the placewherethe dogslickedup the bloodof Naboththe dogswill lickup your blood,evenyours."'"
"He pourscontempton noblesAnd loosensthe beltof the strong.
"He deprivesof intelligencethe chiefsof the earth'speopleAnd makes them wanderin a pathlesswaste.
They wanderedin the wildernessin a desertregion;They did not finda wayto an inhabitedcity.
He droveHis adversariesbackward;He puton them an everlastingreproach.
They didso;and Aaronstretchedout his handwith his staff,and struckthe dustof the earth,and there were gnatson manand beast.Allthe dustof the earthbecamegnatsthrough allthe landof Egypt.
Then the LORDdidso.And there camegreatswarmsof insects into the houseof Pharaohand the housesof his servantsand the landwas laidwastebecauseof the swarmsof insects in allthe landof Egypt.
"The Nilewill swarmwith frogs,which will comeup and gointo your houseand into your bedroomand on your bed,and into the housesof your servantsand on your people,and into your ovensand into your kneadingbowls.
"So the frogswill comeup on you and your peopleand allyour servants."'"
"Immediatelythe wordconcerningNebuchadnezzarwas fulfilled;and he was drivenawayfrom mankindand began eatinggrasslike cattle,and his bodywas drenchedwith the dewof heavenuntilhis hairhad grownlike eagles'[feathers] and his nailslike birds'[claws].
And immediatelyan angelof the Lordstruckhim becausehe did not giveGodthe glory,and he was eaten by wormsand died.
"He foundhim in a desertland,And in the howlingwasteof a wilderness;He encircledhim, He caredfor him, He guardedhim as the pupilof His eye.
sothat you may eatthe fleshof kingsand the fleshof commandersand the fleshof mighty menand the fleshof horsesand of thosewho siton them and the fleshof all men,bothfree menand slaves,and smalland great."
But Jael,Heber'swife,tooka tentpegand seizeda hammerin her hand,and wentsecretlyto him and drovethe peginto his temple,and it wentthroughinto the ground;for he was soundasleepand exhausted.So he died.
Afterthey had broughtit around,the handof the LORDwas against the citywith verygreatconfusion;and He smotethe menof the city,bothyoungand old,so that tumorsbrokeout on them.
Then they said,"Whatshall be the guiltofferingwhichwe shall returnto Him?" And they said,"Fivegoldentumorsand fivegoldenmice[according to] the numberof the lordsof the Philistines,for oneplaguewas on allof you and on your lords.
