15 Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord[a] was against them(A) and brought disaster on them, just as He had promised and sworn to them.(B) So they suffered greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:15 Lit the hand of the Lord

15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them(A) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.(B)

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17 How often is the lamp(A) of the wicked put out?
Does disaster[a] come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:17 Lit their disaster

17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?(A)
    How often does calamity(B) come upon them,
    the fate God allots in his anger?(C)

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17 I will bring distress on mankind,
and they will walk like the blind(A)
because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out like dust
and their flesh like dung.

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17 “I will bring such distress(A) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,(B)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out(C) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.(D)

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