He did not humble himself before the <sc>Lordsc> as his father Manasseh had done.<n id="1" /> Amon was guilty of great sin.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Their enemies oppressed them;p> <p class="poetry">they were subject to their authority.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">So he used suffering to humble them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they stumbled and no one helped them up.p>

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is just.&#8221;<n id="1" />

But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

<p class="poetry">Look at every proud man and abase him;p> <p class="poetry">crush the wicked on the spot!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,p> <p class="poetry">and attack<n id="1" /> their adversaries.&#8221;p>

Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.p>

<p class="bodytext">That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

In his pain<n id="1" /> Manasseh<n id="2" /> asked the <sc>Lordsc> his God for mercy<n id="3" /> and truly<n id="4" /> humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.<n id="5" />

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s spokesman.

<p class="poetry">like heat<n id="1" /> in a dry land,p> <p class="poetry">you humble the boasting foreigners.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.<n id="4" />p>

&#8220;Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse<n id="1" /> before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

When the <sc>Lordsc> saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah:<n id="1" /> &#8220;They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon.<n id="2" /> My anger will not be unleashed against<n id="3" /> Jerusalem through<n id="4" /> Shishak.

&#8216;You displayed a sensitive spirit<n id="1" /> and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc>.

(and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and<n id="1" /> then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for<n id="2" /> their iniquity,

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites&#8217; fighting spirit was broken.<n id="1" /> The land had rest for forty years during Gideon&#8217;s time.<n id="2" />

So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the <sc>Lordsc> was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah<n id="1" /> from the Philistines.<n id="2" />

and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;&#8220;I declare to you that the <sc>Lordsc> will build a dynastic house<n id="1" /> for you!