Whenyou liedownamongthe sheepfolds,[You are like] the wingsof a dovecoveredwith silver,And its pinionswith glisteninggold.
"Issacharis a strongdonkey,Lyingdownbetweenthe sheepfolds.
So the peoplewentout and plunderedthe campof the Arameans.Then a measureof fineflour[was sold] for a shekeland two measuresof barleyfor a shekel,according to the wordof the LORD.
Then He broughtthem out with silverand gold,And among His tribestherewas not onewho stumbled.
For the LORDtakespleasurein His people;He will beautifythe afflictedoneswith salvation.
Do not deliverthe soulof Your turtledoveto the wildbeast;Do not forgetthe lifeof Your afflictedforever.
"I relievedhis shoulderof the burden,His handswere freedfrom the basket.
and they madetheir livesbitterwith hardlaborin mortarand bricksand at all[kinds] of laborin the field,alltheir laborswhichthey rigorouslyimposedon them.
Your tacklehangsslack;It cannotholdthe baseof its mastfirmly,Norspreadout the sail.Thenthe preyof an abundantspoilwill be divided;The lamewill takethe plunder.
and dividethe bootybetweenthe warriorswho wentout to battleand allthe congregation.
"And he would have gladlyfilledhis stomachwith the podsthat the swinewere eating,and no onewas giving[anything] to him.
"But the fathersaidto his slaves,'Quicklybringout the bestrobeand putit on him, and puta ringon his handand sandalson his feet;
You knowthat whenyou were pagans,[you were] led astrayto the muteidols,howeveryou were led.
For we alsooncewere foolishourselves,disobedient,deceived,enslavedto variouslustsand pleasures,spending our lifein maliceand envy,hateful,hatingone another.
Now thesefivekingshad fledand hiddenthemselves in the caveat Makkedah.
"Whydid you sitamongthe sheepfolds,To hearthe pipingfor the flocks?Among the divisionsof Reuben[There were] greatsearchingsof heart.
"The kingscame[and] fought;Thenfoughtthe kingsof CanaanAt Taanachnearthe watersof Megiddo;They tooknoplunderin silver.
