17 I will (A)set my face against you, and (B)you shall be struck down before your enemies. (C)Those who hate you shall rule over you, and (D)you shall flee when none pursues you.

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17 I will set my face(A) against you so that you will be defeated(B) by your enemies;(C) those who hate you will rule over you,(D) and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.(E)

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28 (A)The wicked flee when no one pursues,
    but (B)the righteous are bold as a lion.

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28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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Laws Against Eating Blood

10 “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them (A)eats any blood, I will (B)set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

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10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(A) and I will cut them off from the people.

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There they are, in great terror,
    (A)where there is no terror!
For God (B)scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;
    you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

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But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    where there was nothing to dread.(A)
God scattered the bones(B) of those who attacked you;(C)
    you put them to shame,(D) for God despised them.(E)

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25 (A)“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you (B)shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated(A) before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,(B) and you will become a thing of horror(C) to all the kingdoms on earth.(D)

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And in this place (A)I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, (B)and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. (C)I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.

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“‘In this place I will ruin[a] the plans(A) of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies,(B) at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses(C) as food(D) to the birds and the wild animals.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:7 The Hebrew for ruin sounds like the Hebrew for jar (see verses 1 and 10).

41 he (A)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies (B)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.

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41 He gave them into the hands(A) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed(B) them
    and subjected them to their power.

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14 (A)So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he (B)gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. (C)And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, (D)so that they could no longer withstand 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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(A)Her foes have become the head;
    her (B)enemies prosper,
because (C)the Lord has afflicted her
    (D)for the multitude of her transgressions;
(E)her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.

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Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief(A)
    because of her many sins.(B)
Her children have gone into exile,(C)
    captive before the foe.(D)

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God Shall Scatter His Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

68 (A)God shall arise, his enemies shall be (B)scattered;
    and those who hate him shall flee before him!
As (C)smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
    (D)as wax melts before fire,
    so the wicked shall perish before God!

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Psalm 68[a]

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

May God arise,(A) may his enemies be scattered;(B)
    may his foes flee(C) before him.
May you blow them away like smoke—(D)
    as wax melts(E) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish(F) before God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:1 In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.

27 (A)Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. (B)And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them (C)saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies. 28 (D)But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, (E)and many times you delivered them according to your mercies. 29 (F)And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet (G)they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, (H)which if a person does them, he shall live by them, (I)and they turned a stubborn shoulder (J)and stiffened their neck and would not obey. 30 Many years (K)you bore with them (L)and warned them (M)by your Spirit through your prophets. (N)Yet they would not give ear. (O)Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

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27 So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,(A) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion(B) you gave them deliverers,(C) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

28 “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight.(D) Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion(E) you delivered them(F) time after time.

29 “You warned(G) them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant(H) and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’(I) Stubbornly they turned their backs(J) on you, became stiff-necked(K) and refused to listen.(L) 30 For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets.(M) Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.(N)

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The Death of Saul

31 (A)Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain (B)on Mount Gilboa.

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Saul Takes His Life(A)

31 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.(B)

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10 So the Philistines fought, (A)and Israel was defeated, (B)and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

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10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated(A) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.

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