34 When he killed them, they (A)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.

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34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(A) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.

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15 (A)I will return again to my place,
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
    and (B)in their distress earnestly seek me.

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15 Then I will return to my lair(A)
    until they have borne their guilt(B)
    and seek my face(C)
in their misery(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.(E)

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Ehud

12 (A)And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon (B)the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 13 He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the (C)Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of (D)the city of palms. 14 And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

15 Then the people of Israel (E)cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them (F)a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, (G)a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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Ehud

12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(A) and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab(B) power over Israel. 13 Getting the Ammonites(C) and Amalekites(D) to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.[a](E) 14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab(F) for eighteen years.

15 Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer(G)—Ehud(H), a left-handed(I) man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute(J) to Eglon king of Moab.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:13 That is, Jericho

(A)And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. (B)Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

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The people came to Moses(A) and said, “We sinned(B) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord(C) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed(D) for the people.

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14 (A)They do not cry to me from the heart,
    but (B)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
    they rebel against me.

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14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(A)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(B)
    but they turn away from me.(C)

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  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together

23 O inhabitant of (A)Lebanon,
    nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
    (B)pain as of a woman in labor!”

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23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](A)
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain(B) like that of a woman in labor!

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  1. Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)

The foot tramples it,
    the feet of (A)the poor,
    the steps of (B)the needy.”

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Feet trample(A) it down—
    the feet of the oppressed,(B)
    the footsteps of the poor.(C)

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So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and (A)he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

10 And the people of Israel (B)cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because (C)we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.”

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he became angry(A) with them. He sold them(B) into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites, who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead,(C) the land of the Amorites. The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah,(D) Benjamin and Ephraim;(E) Israel was in great distress. 10 Then the Israelites cried(F) out to the Lord, “We have sinned(G) against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”(H)

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Then the people of Israel (A)cried out to the Lord for help, for he had (B)900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.

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Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(A) and had cruelly oppressed(B) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

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Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, (A)and he sold them into the hand of (B)Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. But when the people of Israel (C)cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a (D)deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, (E)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

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The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(A) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(B) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](C) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years. But when they cried out(D) to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer,(E) Othniel(F) son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia