²⁹ They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(A)”
Ramah^(B) trembles;
    Gibeah^(C) of Saul flees.^(D)

⁹ “Since the days of Gibeah,^(A) you have sinned,^(B) Israel,
    and there you have remained.^[a]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?

⁹ They have sunk deep into corruption,^(A)
    as in the days of Gibeah.^(B)
God will remember^(C) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.^(D)

⁸ “Sound the trumpet^(A) in Gibeah,^(B)
    the horn in Ramah.^(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven^[a];^(D)
    lead on, Benjamin.

“A voice is heard in Ramah,^(A)
    mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,^(B)
    because they are no more.”^(C)