^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.

^12 (A)Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because ^(B)they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you. ¹³ Get up, ^(C)sanctify^[a] the people, and say, ^(D)‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.”

^10 (A)For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”

¹⁵ And ^(A)there was ^[a]trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and ^(B)the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so that it was ^(C)a very great trembling. ¹⁶ Now the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and there was the multitude, melting away; and they ^(D)went here and there.

²² When the three hundred ^(A)blew the trumpets, ^(B)the Lord set ^(C)every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to ^[a]Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of ^(D)Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.

^42 (A)Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.