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12 “Sow for yourselves justice,
    reap the reward of loyalty;
Break up for yourselves a new field,(A)
    for it is time to seek the Lord,
    till he comes and rains justice upon you.”(B)
13 But you have plowed wickedness,
    reaped perversity,
    and eaten the fruit of falsehood.
Because you have trusted in your own power,
    and in your many warriors,(C)
14 The clamor of war shall break out among your people
    and all your fortresses shall be ravaged
As Salman ravaged Beth-arbel[a] on the day of war,
    smashing mothers along with their children.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:14 As Salman ravaged Beth-arbel: perhaps Salamanu, king of Moab, mentioned in an inscription of Tiglath-pileser III, after an invasion in Gilead (Transjordan), where there was a Beth-arbel, close to present Irbid.