¹³ On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic.^(A) They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.^(B)

⁴ On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.^(A)

¹² “The ten horns^(A) you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour^(B) will receive authority as kings along with the beast. ¹³ They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.^{(C) 14} They will wage war^(D) against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over^(E) them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings^(F)—and with him will be his called, chosen^(G) and faithful followers.”

¹⁵ Then the angel said to me, “The waters^(H) you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.^{(I) 16} The beast and the ten horns^(J) you saw will hate the prostitute.^(K) They will bring her to ruin^(L) and leave her naked;^(M) they will eat her flesh^(N) and burn her with fire.^{(O) 17} For God has put it into their hearts^(P) to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority,^(Q) until God’s words are fulfilled.^(R)

⁶ For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors^(A) and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”^(B)

²¹ I will summon a sword^(A) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.^(B)

²² As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes^(A) against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. ²³ The Ammonites^(B) and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir^(C) to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.^(D)

²⁴ When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

Israel Routs the Philistines

¹⁵ Then panic^(A) struck the whole army—those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding^(B) parties—and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.^[a]

¹⁶ Saul’s lookouts^(C) at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the army melting away in all directions. ¹⁷ Then Saul said to the men who were with him, “Muster the forces and see who has left us.” When they did, it was Jonathan and his armor-bearer who were not there.

¹⁸ Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring^(D) the ark^(E) of God.” (At that time it was with the Israelites.)^{[b] 19} While Saul was talking to the priest, the tumult in the Philistine camp increased more and more. So Saul said to the priest,^(F) “Withdraw your hand.”

²⁰ Then Saul and all his men assembled and went to the battle. They found the Philistines in total confusion, striking^(G) each other with their swords. ²¹ Those Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp went^(H) over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. ²² When all the Israelites who had hidden^(I) in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were on the run, they joined the battle in hot pursuit. ²³ So on that day the Lord saved^(J) Israel, and the battle moved on beyond Beth Aven.^(K)

²² When the three hundred trumpets sounded,^(A) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other^(B) with their swords.^(C) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah^(D) near Tabbath.