Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppressio
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!