32 Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.”

Agag came to him trembling,[a] for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”[b][c]

33 Samuel declared:

As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother will be childless among women.(A)

Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:32 Hb obscure
  2. 15:32 LXX reads “Is death bitter in this way?”
  3. 15:32 Lit turned

10 See, I have appointed you today
over nations and kingdoms
to uproot and tear down,
to destroy and demolish,(A)
to build and plant.(B)

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18 Today, I am the one who has made you a fortified city,(A) an iron pillar, and bronze walls(B) against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the population.

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Coming Judgment

14 Therefore, this is what the Lord God of Armies says:

Because you have spoken this word,
I am going to make my words
become fire in your mouth.(A)
These people are the wood,
and the fire will consume them.(B)

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