For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put o
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against
Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winep
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many
In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.