I will sell your sons and your daughters
Into the hand of the people of Judah,
And they will sell them to the (A)Sabeans,[a]
To a people (B)far off;
For the Lord has spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:8 Lit. Shebaites, Is. 60:6; Ezek. 27:22

I will sell your sons(A) and daughters to the people of Judah,(B) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(C) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(D)

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14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you
Shall come (A)bowing to you,
And all those who despised you shall (B)fall prostrate at the soles of your feet;
And they shall call you The City of the Lord,
(C)Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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14 The children of your oppressors(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down(B) at your feet
and will call you the City(C) of the Lord,
    Zion(D) of the Holy One(E) of Israel.

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15 when the [a]Sabeans [b]raided them and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:15 Lit. Sheba; cf. Job 6:19
  2. Job 1:15 Lit. fell upon

15 and the Sabeans(A) attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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Mercy on Jacob

14 For the Lord (A)will have mercy on Jacob, and (B)will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. (C)The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob. Then people will take them (D)and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, (E)and rule over their oppressors.

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14 The Lord will have compassion(A) on Jacob;
    once again he will choose(B) Israel
    and will settle them in their own land.(C)
Foreigners(D) will join them
    and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
Nations will take them
    and bring(E) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(F)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(G) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.(H)

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14 (A)And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He (B)delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and (C)He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they (D)could no longer stand before their enemies.

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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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42 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and [a]Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their [b]wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:42 Or drunkards
  2. Ezekiel 23:42 Lit. hands

42 “The noise of a carefree(A) crowd was around her; drunkards(B) were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets(C) on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads.(D)

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20 (A)For what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense (B)from Sheba,
And (C)sweet cane from a far country?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

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20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(A)
    or sweet calamus(B) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(C)
    your sacrifices(D) do not please me.”(E)

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So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will (A)sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.(A)

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So the Lord (A)sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in (B)Hazor. The commander of his army was (C)Sisera, who dwelt in (D)Harosheth Hagoyim.

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So the Lord sold them(A) into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.(B) Sisera,(C) the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim.

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30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock (A)had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?

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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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