He flashes ¹  destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms ²  the fortified places.)

I see ¹  one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our ²  tents suddenly destroyed, their ³  curtains torn down in a mere instant. ⁴ 

Now and then ¹  there would be something wrong ²  with the pot he was molding from the clay ³  with his hands. So he would rework ⁴  the clay into another kind of pot as he saw fit. ⁵ 

“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? ¹  If not, why then is he being carried off?

He ¹  leads ²  counselors away stripped ³  and makes judges ⁴  into fools. ⁵ 

He leads priests away stripped ¹  and overthrows ²  the potentates. ³ 

So I went to Perath and dug up ¹  the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found ²  that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.

The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated ¹  Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.

Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

If, however, it is eaten ¹  on the third day, it is spoiled, ²  it will not be accepted,

The Lord raised up leaders ¹  who delivered them from these robbers. ² 

He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies. ¹ 

When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

They insulted God, saying, ¹  “Is God really able to give us food ²  in the wilderness?

for the Lord will plead their case ¹  and will rob those who are robbing ²  them.

A rod and reproof ¹  impart ²  wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained ³  brings shame ⁴  to his mother. ⁵ 

Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment. ¹ 

I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

Disarming ¹  the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross. ²