The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.

No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

“As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say: “‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning –