In those times there was no shalom for anyone coming or going, for there were many conflicts among all the inhabitants of the lands.
Adonai will watch over your coming and your going from this time forth and forevermore.
Before those days there were no wages for man or animal, nor was there any shalom from adversity for those who came or went because I set every one against his neighbor.
“There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars. And upon the earth nations will be confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.
“Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Yael, the highways were deserted, travelers walked by crooked paths.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble, because the people were hard-pressed, they hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, crevices and pits.