For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.