34 (A)When He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God.

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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 I will return again to My place
Till they [a]acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

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  1. Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment

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 children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened (B)Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. 13 Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and (C)Amalek, went and [a]defeated Israel, and took possession of (D)the City of Palms. 14 So the children of Israel (E)served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

15 But when the children of Israel (F)cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a (G)left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

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  1. Judges 3:13 struck

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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  1. Judges 3:13 That is, Jericho

(A)Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have (B)sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; (C)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 did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.

“They [a]assemble together for grain and new (B)wine,
[b]They rebel against Me;

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  1. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. thought upon; LXX slashed themselves for (cf. 1 Kin. 18:28)
  2. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omits They rebel against Me; Vg. They departed from Me

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 Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like (A)the pain of a woman in [a]labor?

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  1. Jeremiah 22:23 childbirth

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 shall [a]tread it down—
The feet of the poor
And the steps of the needy.”

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  1. Isaiah 26:6 trample

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 hot against Israel; and He (A)sold them into the hands of the (B)Philistines and into the hands of the people of (C)Ammon. From that year they [a]harassed and oppressed the children of Israel for eighteen years—all the children of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the (D)land of the Amorites, in Gilead. Moreover the people of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

10 (E)And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have (F)sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”

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  1. Judges 10:8 Lit. shattered

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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And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred (A)chariots of iron, and for twenty years (B)he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.

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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 hot against Israel, and He (A)sold them into the hand of (B)Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years. When the children of Israel (C)cried out to the Lord, the Lord (D)raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered 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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  1. Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia