The Lord rejected all the people of Israel. He brought them many troubles. He let people destroy them. And, finally, he threw them away and put them out of his sight.
Deuteronomy 28:43 - Easy To Read Version The foreigners living among you will get more and more power. And you will lose the power you had. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The transient (stranger) among you shall mount up higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. American Standard Version (1901) The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower. Common English Bible The immigrants who live among you will be promoted over you, higher and higher! But you will be demoted, lower and lower! Catholic Public Domain Version The new arrival who lives with you in the land will ascend over you, and be higher. But you will descend, and be lower. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The stranger that liveth with thee in the land shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower. |
The Lord rejected all the people of Israel. He brought them many troubles. He let people destroy them. And, finally, he threw them away and put them out of his sight.
until the Lord took Israel away from his sight. And the Lord said this would happen! He sent his prophets to tell the people this would happen. So the Israelites were taken out of their country into Assyria. And they have been there to this day.
God, please don’t punish us for the sins of our ancestors. {\cf2\super [457]} \par Hurry, show us your mercy!\par We need you so much!\par
Jerusalem’s enemies have won.\par Her enemies have been successful.\par This happened because the Lord\par punished her.\par He punished Jerusalem for her many sins.\par Her children have gone away.\par Their enemies captured them\par and took them away.\par
The Lord did what he planned to do.\par He has done what he said he would do.\par He has done what he commanded\par from times of long ago.\par He destroyed, and he had no pity.\par He made your enemies happy\par because of what happened to you.\par He made your enemies strong.\par
Pilate said to the Jews, “You Jews take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
The Lord will make you be like the head, not the tail. You will be on top, not on the bottom. This will happen if you listen to the commands of the Lord your God that I tell you today. You must carefully obey these commands.
(Samson’s parents did not know that the Lord wanted this to happen. The Lord was looking for a way to do something against the Philistine people. The Philistine people were ruling over the people of Israel at that time.)
“Now I will tell you this, ‘I will not force the other people to leave this land any longer. These people will become a problem for you. They will be like a trap to you. Their false gods will become like a net to trap you.’”
The people of Israel became very poor because of the people of Midian. So the people of Israel cried to the Lord for help.