<p class="poetry">for it is better for him<n id="1" /> to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than to put you lower<n id="3" /> before a prince,p> <p class="poetry">whom your eyes have seen.<n id="4" />p>

They replied, &#8220;We could plainly see<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> is with you. So we decided there should be<n id="2" /> a pact between us<n id="3" /> &#8211; between us<n id="4" /> and you. Allow us to make<n id="5" /> a treaty with you

<p class="bodytext">He said to them, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> will need to be with you<n id="1" /> if I release you and your dependents!<n id="2" /> Watch out!<n id="3" /> Trouble is right in front of you!<n id="4" />

No one<n id="1" /> could see<n id="2" /> another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.p>

<p class="bodytext">Moses said to the Israelites, &#8220;See, the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen<n id="1" /> Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

He is the one you should praise;<n id="1" /> he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;See now that I, indeed I, am he!&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;and there is no other god besides me.p> <p class="poetry">I kill and give life,p> <p class="poetry">I smash and I heal,p> <p class="poetry">and none can resist<n id="2" /> my power.p>

He told<n id="1" /> them, &#8220;Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don&#8217;t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

When you capture the city, set it<n id="1" /> on fire. Do as the <sc>Lordsc> says! See, I have given you orders.&#8221;<n id="2" />

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke,<n id="1" /> they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

However, fear the <sc>Lordsc> and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds,<n id="1" /> and cisterns.

Then Jonathan said, &#8220;My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed<n id="1" /> when I tasted just a little of this honey.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to<n id="1" /> Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab&#8217;s<n id="1" /> brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

He told the judges, &#8220;Be careful what you do,<n id="1" /> for you are not judging for men, but for the <sc>Lordsc>, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain<n id="1" /> was very great.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They have stringed instruments,<n id="1" /> tambourines, flutes,p> <p class="poetry">and wine at their parties.p> <p class="poetry">So they do not recognize what the <sc>Lordsc> is doing,p> <p class="poetry">they do not perceive what he is bringing about.<n id="2" />p>

He said, &#8220;Go and tell these people:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Listen continually, but don&#8217;t understand!p> <p class="poetry">Look continually, but don&#8217;t perceive!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry"><v id="(9:1)" /> The people walking in darknessp> <p class="poetry">see a bright light;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">light shinesp> <p class="poetry">on those who live in a land of deep darkness.<n id="2" />p>