<p class="poetry">But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust,p> <p class="poetry">the horde of tyrants<n id="1" /> like chaff that is blown away.p> <p class="poetry">It will happen suddenly, in a flash.p>

<p class="poetry">Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,p> <p class="poetry">for the day of the <sc>Lordsc> is near in the valley of decision!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The little bit that a godly man owns is better thanp> <p class="poetry">the wealth of many evil men,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">They will devastate the pride of Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">and all its hordes will be destroyed.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then the king of the south<n id="1" /> will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.

&#8220;As for me,<n id="1" /> this<n id="2" /> is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

<p class="poetry">It scorns the tumult in the town;p> <p class="poetry">it does not hear the shouts of a driver.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You calm the raging seas<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and their roaring waves,p> <p class="poetry">as well as the commotion made by the nations.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The nations run away when they hear a loud noise;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the nations scatter when you spring into action!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sea has swept over Babylon.p> <p class="poetry">She has been covered by a multitude<n id="1" /> of its waves.<n id="2" />p>

I will silence<n id="1" /> the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant.<n id="1" /> He will be responsible for the death<n id="2" /> of thousands and thousands of people,<n id="3" /> but he will not continue to prevail.

<p class="poetry">Take away from me your<n id="1" /> noisy songs;p> <p class="poetry">I don&#8217;t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Saul&#8217;s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin<n id="1" /> looked on<n id="2" /> as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Elijah told Ahab, &#8220;Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">because I was terrified<n id="1" /> of the great multitude,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the contempt of families terrified me,p> <p class="poetry">so that I remained silentp> <p class="poetry">and would not go outdoors &#8211; <n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore my<n id="1" /> people will be deported<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of their lack of understanding.p> <p class="poetry">Their<n id="3" /> leaders will have nothing to eat,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their<n id="5" /> masses will have nothing to drink.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">We know our noisy worship of false godsp> <p class="poetry">on the hills and mountains did not help us.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">We know that the <sc>Lordsc> our Godp> <p class="poetry">is the only one who can deliver Israel.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar<n id="1" /> of Babylon.p>