To bring retribution on the nations, punishment on the peoples,
I will wreak vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not listened.
Thereupon Joshua struck and killed the kings, and hanged them on five trees, where they remained hanging until evening.
“Curse Meroz,” says the messenger of the Lord, “curse, curse its inhabitants! For they did not come when the Lord helped, the help of the Lord against the warriors.”