¹⁰ And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.

¹³ And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.

³³ While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?

³⁴ When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

³⁵ In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

³⁶ But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;

³ By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

²¹ And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

²⁰ Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.