Judges 12:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

12 But behold there arose a sedition in Ephraim. And passing towards the north, they said to Jephte: When thou wentest to fight against the children of Ammon, why wouldst thou not call us, that we might go with thee? Therefore we will burn thy house.

² And he answered them: I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon: and I called you to assist me, and you would not do it.

³ And when I saw this, I put my life in my own hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What have I deserved, that you should rise up to fight against me?