Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and not be so presumptuous again.

The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.

For I have obeyed the Lord’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

I wipe them out and beat them to death; they cannot get up; they fall at my feet.

They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.

But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

The Lord confronted Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.