and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear(A) of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

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27 “I will send my terror(A) ahead of you and throw into confusion(B) every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.(C)

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25 This very day I will begin to put the terror(A) and fear(B) of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble(C) and be in anguish because of you.”

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11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear(A) and everyone’s courage failed(B) because of you,(C) for the Lord your God(D) is God in heaven above and on the earth(E) below.

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15 The chiefs(A) of Edom(B) will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,(C)
the people[a] of Canaan will melt(D) away;
16     terror(E) and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone(F)
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought[b](G) pass by.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:15 Or rulers
  2. Exodus 15:16 Or created

Then they set out, and the terror of God(A) fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.(B)

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Faith in Action

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(A) and assurance about what we do not see.(B) This is what the ancients were commended for.(C)

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15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)

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10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
    Hearts melt,(A) knees give way,
    bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(B)

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With my great power and outstretched arm(A) I made(B) the earth and its people and the animals(C) that are on it, and I give(D) it to anyone I please.

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A Prophecy Against Egypt

19 A prophecy(A) against Egypt:(B)

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
    and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
    and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(D) with fear.

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12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better(A) with those who fear God,(B) who are reverent before him.(C)

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16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord,(A)
    but the earth he has given(B) to mankind.

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10 The wicked will see(A) and be vexed,
    they will gnash their teeth(B) and waste away;(C)
    the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.(D)

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25 I know that my redeemer[a](A) lives,(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  2. Job 19:25 Or on my grave

for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound(A) of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired(B) the Hittite(C) and Egyptian kings to attack us!”

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15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God(A). He stood before him and said, “Now I know(B) that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift(C) from your servant.”

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10 Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like the heart of a lion,(A) will melt(B) with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a fighter and that those with him are brave.(C)

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Israel Routs the Philistines

15 Then panic(A) struck the whole army—those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding(B) parties—and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.[a]

16 Saul’s lookouts(C) at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the army melting away in all directions.

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:15 Or a terrible panic

14 His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash,(A) the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”

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When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God

10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name(A) of the Lord, and they will fear you.

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25 No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror(A) and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.(B)

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11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods,(A) for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”(B)

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Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”(A) At this, Moses hid(B) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.(C)

The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(D) the misery(E) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(F) about their suffering.(G) So I have come down(H) to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,(I) a land flowing with milk and honey(J)—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites(K) and Jebusites.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers

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