³⁷ They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And ^(A)you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

^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.

^12 (A)Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They ^(B)turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become ^(C)devoted for destruction.^[a] I will be with you no more, unless you destroy ^(D)the devoted things from among you. ¹³ Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ^(E)‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”

^10 (A)For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and ^(B)burn this city with fire.’”

¹⁵ And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even ^(A)the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic.^[a]

¹⁶ And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude ^(B)was dispersing here and there.^[b]

^22 (A)When they blew the 300 trumpets, ^(B)the Lord set ^(C)every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah,^[a] as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

^42 (A)Do not go up, ^(B)for the Lord is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.