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25 He clogged[a] their chariot wheels so that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”(A)

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  1. 14.25 Sam Gk Syr: MT 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 will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.”(A)

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The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:

Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake
    and shatter them on the heads of all the people,[b]
and those who are left I will kill with the sword;
    not one of them shall flee away,
    not one of them shall escape.(A)

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  1. 9.1 Or on
  2. 9.1 Heb all of them

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     as if someone fled from a lion
    and was met by a bear
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
    and was bitten by a snake.(A)

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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 smash the horse and its rider;
    with you I smash the chariot and the 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 your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
    both rider and horse lay stunned.

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

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12     “The kings of the armies, they flee, they flee!”
The women at home divide the spoil,(A)

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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[a] hurls at them without pity;
    they flee from its[b] power in headlong flight.(A)

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  1. 27.22 Or He (that is, God)
  2. 27.22 Or his

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

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24 They will flee from an iron weapon;
    a bronze arrow will strike them through.(A)

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

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the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “Gods have[a] come into the camp.” They also said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague 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 fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you.’(A)

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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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He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields with fire.(A)

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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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  1. Psalm 46:9 Or chariots

20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
    all way of escape will be lost to them,
    and their hope is to breathe their last.”(A)

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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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