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25 He twisted[a] their chariot wheels, making their chariots difficult to drive. “Let’s get out of here—away from these Israelites!” the Egyptians shouted. “The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt!”

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Footnotes

  1. 14:25 As in Greek version, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Syriac version; Hebrew reads He removed.

25 He jammed[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting(A) for them against Egypt.”(B)

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  1. Exodus 14:25 See Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text removed

14 The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”

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they panicked. “The gods have[a] come into their camp!” they cried. “This is a disaster! We have never had to face anything like this before! Help! Who can save us from these mighty gods of Israel? They are the same gods who destroyed the Egyptians with plagues when Israel was in the wilderness.

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  1. 4:7 Or A god has.

the Philistines were afraid.(A) “A god has[a] come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck(B) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues(C) in the wilderness.

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  1. 1 Samuel 4:7 Or “Gods have (see Septuagint)

22 Do not be afraid of the nations there, for the Lord your God will fight for you.’

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22 Do not be afraid(A) of them;(B) the Lord your God himself will fight(C) for you.”

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A Vision of God at the Altar

Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,

“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
    so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
    on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
    No one will escape!

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Israel to Be Destroyed

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.(B)

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19 In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
    only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
    and he’s bitten by a snake.

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)

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21 With you I will shatter armies—
    destroying the horse and rider,
    the chariot and charioteer.

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21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(A)
    with you I shatter chariot(B) and driver,

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At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob,
    their horses and chariots lay still.

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At your rebuke,(A) God of Jacob,
    both horse and chariot(B) lie still.

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12 Enemy kings and their armies flee,
    while the women of Israel divide the plunder.

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12 “Kings and armies flee(A) in haste;
    the women at home divide the plunder.(B)

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22 It whirls down on them without mercy.
    They struggle to flee from its power.

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22 It hurls itself against him without mercy(A)
    as he flees headlong(B) from its power.(C)

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24 When they try to escape an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.

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24 Though he flees(A) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(B)

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He causes wars to end throughout the earth.
    He breaks the bow and snaps the spear;
    he burns the shields with fire.

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He makes wars(A) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow(B) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields[a] with fire.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:9 Or chariots

20 But the wicked will be blinded.
    They will have no escape.
    Their only hope is death.”

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20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,(A)
    and escape will elude them;(B)
    their hope will become a dying gasp.”(C)

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