<p class="poetry">He turned<n id="1" /> streams into a desert,p> <p class="poetry">springs of water into arid land,p>

When the men of Judah<n id="1" /> arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at<n id="2" /> the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors!

<p class="poetry">Many foreign rulers<n id="1" /> will ruin the land where I planted my people.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They will trample all over my chosen land.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will turn my beautiful landp> <p class="poetry">into a desolate wasteland.p>

<p class="poetry">Egypt will be desolatep> <p class="poetry">and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">because of the violence they did to the people of Judah,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in whose land they shed innocent blood.p>

<p class="bodytext">Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: &#8220;Listen to me, you people of Judah<n id="1" /> and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the <sc>Lordsc> your God and you will be safe!<n id="2" /> Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.&#8221;