saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ! ¹  Who hit you?” ² 

So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord ¹  brought ²  an east wind on the land all that day and all night. ³  The morning came, ⁴  and the east wind had brought up ⁵  the locusts!

You must sound loud horn blasts ¹  – in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, on the Day of Atonement – you must sound the horn in your entire land.

“‘On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you.

So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge ¹  of the holy articles ²  and the signal trumpets.

Her left ¹  hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She “hammered” ²  Sisera, she shattered his skull, ³  she smashed his head, ⁴  she drove the tent peg through his temple. ⁵ 

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. ¹  David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go. ¹ 

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare ¹  you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, ²  and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you. ³ 

But in the days ¹  when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, ²  just as he has ³  proclaimed to his servants ⁴  the prophets.”

But ¹  you blew with your breath, and ²  the sea covered them. They sank ³  like lead in the mighty waters.

“When the leaders took the lead ¹  in Israel, When the people answered the call to war – Praise the Lord!

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

But now the same thing ¹  comes to you, and you are discouraged; ²  it strikes you, and you are terrified. ³ 

Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, ¹  like new wineskins ²  ready to burst!

Be careful that ¹  no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe ²  turn you aside.

May they be ¹  like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord’s angel ²  attacks them! ³ 

You destroyed ¹  the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster ²  in the water.

Do not slander ¹  a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty. ²