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

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14 The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he handed them over to marauders who raided them. He sold(A) them to the enemies around them, and they could no longer resist their enemies.

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The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to King Cushan-rishathaim[a] of Aram-naharaim,[b](A) and the Israelites served him eight years.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Lit Doubly-Evil
  2. 3:8 = Mesopotamia

For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”(A)
For this is what the Lord God says:
“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,(B)
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 52:4 Or them at last, or them for nothing

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