12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and (A)all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, (B)as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.

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12 The Midianites, the Amalekites(A) and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts.(B) Their camels(C) could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.(D)

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10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all who were left of all the army of (A)the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men (B)who drew the sword.

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10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.(A)

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For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come (A)like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in.

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They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.(A) It was impossible to count them or their camels;(B) they invaded the land to ravage it.

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For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and (A)the Amalekites and (B)the people of the East would come up against them.

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Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites(A) and other eastern peoples(B) invaded the country.

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And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number (A)like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

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They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.(A)

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Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
    for God (C)is with us.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  3. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

10 (A)All nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 (B)They surrounded me like bees;
    they went out like (C)a fire among thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

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10 All the nations surrounded me,
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.(A)
11 They surrounded me(B) on every side,(C)
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
12 They swarmed around me like bees,(D)
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;(E)
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.(F)

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16 (A)The king is not saved by his great army;
    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

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16 No king is saved by the size of his army;(A)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.

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Save Me, O My God

A Psalm of David, (A)when he fled from Absalom his son.

O Lord, (B)how many are my foes!
    Many are (C)rising against me;

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Psalm 3[a]

A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.(A)

Lord, how many are my foes!
    How many rise up against me!

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  1. Psalm 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.

Zerah (A)the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as (B)Mareshah. 10 And Asa went out to meet him, and (C)they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at (D)Mareshah. 11 And Asa (E)cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, (F)for we rely on you, (G)and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” 12 (H)So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

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Zerah the Cushite(A) marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.(B) 10 Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

11 Then Asa called(C) to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us,(D) Lord our God, for we rely(E) on you, and in your name(F) we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail(G) against you.”

12 The Lord struck down(H) the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,

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30 so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all (A)the people of the east (B)and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East,(A) and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.(B)

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33 Now (A)all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together, and they crossed the Jordan and encamped in (B)the Valley of Jezreel.

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33 Now all the Midianites, Amalekites(A) and other eastern peoples(B) joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.(C)

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