⁷ the Philistines were afraid.^(A) “A god has^[a] come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before.

⁸ We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck^(A) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues^(B) in the wilderness.

² When the commander^(A) of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, “The Lord your God decreed^(B) this disaster^(C) for this place.^(D)

³ And now the Lord has brought it about; he has done just as he said he would. All this happened because you people sinned^(A) against the Lord and did not obey^(B) him.