30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,(A)
unless their Rock had sold them,(B)
    unless the Lord had given them up?(C)

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Five(A) of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.(B)

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10 One of you routs a thousand,(A) because the Lord your God fights for you,(B) just as he promised.

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17 A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five(A)
    you will all flee(B) away,
till you are left(C)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner(D) on a hill.”

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12 You sold your people for a pittance,(A)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

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For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,(A)
    and without money(B) you will be redeemed.(C)

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You have not given me into the hands(A) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.(B)

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The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(A) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(B) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](C) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

14 In his anger(A) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands(B) of raiders who plundered(C) them. He sold them(D) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.(E)

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Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience

50 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce(A)
    with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
    did I sell(B) you?
Because of your sins(C) you were sold;(D)
    because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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Israel Routs the Philistines

15 Then panic(A) struck the whole army—those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding(B) parties—and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.[a]

16 Saul’s lookouts(C) at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the army melting away in all directions. 17 Then Saul said to the men who were with him, “Muster the forces and see who has left us.” When they did, it was Jonathan and his armor-bearer who were not there.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:15 Or a terrible panic

22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(A) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(B) with their swords.(C) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(D) near Tabbath. 23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher(E) and all Manasseh were called out,(F) and they pursued the Midianites.(G)

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10 “If he comes along and confines you in prison
    and convenes a court, who can oppose him?(A)

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24 Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men,(A) the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army.(B) Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.

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25 Since he was not able to pay,(A) the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold(B) to repay the debt.

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11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(A)

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