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of EDOM, the EARTH TREMBLED, and the HEAVENS DROPPED, the CLOUDS alfo DROPPED WATER.

8 The EARTH SHOOK, the HEAVENS alfo DROPPED at the PRESENCE

of GOD: even SINAI itself was MoVED at the Prefence of GOD, the GOD

of Ifrael.

II The LORD gave the Word, great

was the Company of those that published it.

12 KINGS OF ARMIES did FLEE apace: and the that tarried at home divided the Spoil.

14 When the ALMIGHTY fcattered Kings in it, it was as white as Snow in Salmon.

e The MOUNTAINS 5 MELTED from before the LORD, even that SINAI from before the LORD GOD of Ifrael.

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Ifa. Ixiv. 3 When thou didst TERRIBLE THINGS, which we looked not for, thou cameft down, the MOUNTAINS FLOWED down at thy PRESENCE.

6 In the Days of Shamgar the Son of Anath, in the Days of Jael, the Highways were unoccupied, and the Travellers walked through By-ways.

7 The Inhabitants of the Villages ceafed, they ceafed in Ifrael, until that I Deborah arofe, that I arofe a Mother in Ifrael?

8 They chofe new Gods; then was War in the Gates: was there a Shield or Spear feen among forty thousand in Ifracl?

9 My Heart is toward the Governours of Ifrael, that offered themfelves willingly among the People: Bless ye the LORD.

10 Speak ye that ride on white Affes, ye that fit in JUDGMENT, and walk by the way.

11 They that are delivered from the Noife of Archers in the Places of drawing Water; there fhall they rehearse the righteous Acts of the LORD, even the righteous Acts towards the Inhabitants of his Villages in Ifrael: then fhall the People of the LORD go down to the Gates.

12 Awake, awake, Deborah awake, awake, utter a Song: arife Barak, and lead thy Captivity Captive, thou Son of Abinoam.

13 Then he made him that remaineth have Dominion over the Nobles among the People: the LORD made me have Dominion over the Mighty.

14 Out of Ephraim was there a Root of them againft Amalek; after thee Benjamin, among thy People: out of Machir came down Governours, and out of Zebulun they that handle the Pen of the Writer.

15 And the Princes of Iffachar were with Deborah: even

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Iflachar, and alfo Barak, he was fent on foot into the Valley for the Divifions of Reuben there were great Thoughts of Heart.

16 Why abodeft thou among the Sheep-folds, to hear the Bleatings of the Flocks? for the Divifions of Reuben there were great Searchings of Heart.

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in Ships? Afher continued on the Sea-fhore, and abode in his Breaches.

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a People that jeoparded their Lives unto the Death, in the high Places of the Field.

19 The Kings came and fought, then fought the Kings of Canaan in Taanach by the Waters of Megiddo, they took no Gain of Money.

20 They fought from Heaven, the Stars in their Courses fought against Sifera.

21 The River of Kifhon fwept them away, that ancient River, the River Kifhon: O my Soul, thou haft troden down Strength.

22 Then were the Horfe-hoofs broken, by the means of the Pranfings, the Pranfings of their mighty Ones.

23 Curfe ye Meroz (faid the Angel of the LORD) curfe ye bitterly the Inhabitants thercof: becaufe they came not to the Help of the LORD, to the Help of the LORD against the Mighty.

24 Bleffed above Women fhall Jacl the Wife of Heber the Kenite be, bleffed fhall fhe be above Women in the Tent.

25 He asked Water, and she gave him Milk, fhe brought forth Butter in a lordly Difh.

26 She put her Hand to the Nail, and her Right Hand to the Workman's Hammer: and with the Hammer fhe fmote Sifera, fhe fmote off his Head, when fhe had pierced, and ftricken through his Temples.

at her

27 At her Feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down Feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

28 The Mother of Sifera looked out at a Window, and cried through the Lattefs, Why is his Chariot fo long in coming? why tarry the Wheels of his Chariot?

29 Her wife Ladies answered her, yea, fhe returned Anfwer to herself,

30 Have they not fped? have they not divided the Prey,

to

to every Man a Damfel or two? to Sifera a Prey of divers Colours, a Prey of divers Colours of Needle-work, of divers Colours of Needle-work on both Sides, meet for the Necks of them that take the Spoil.

but let

31 So let all thine Enemies perifh, O LORD them that LOVE him, be as the Sun when he goeth forth in his Might. And the Land had Reft forty Years.

CH A P. VI.

The Ifraelites for their Sins are oppreffed by Midian: 8 A Prophet rebuketh them: 11 Gideon delivereth them.

Ver. 1

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ND the Children of Ifrael did Evil in the fight of the LORD and the LORD delivered them into the Hand of Midian feven Years.

2 And the Hand of Midian prevailed against Ifrael and because of the Midianites the Children of Ifrael made them the Dens which are in the Mountains, and Caves, and ftrong Holds.

6 And Ifrael was greatly impoverished, because of the Midianites; and the Children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD.

8 And the LORD fent a Prophet unto the Children of Ifracl, which faid unto them, Thus faith the LORD GOD of Ifracl, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth cut of the Houfe of Bondage.

9 And I delivered you out of the Hand of the Egyptians, and out of the Hand of all that oppreffed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their Land;

10 And I faid unto you, I am the LORD your God, fear not the Gods of the Amorites in whofe Land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my Voice.

11 And there came an Angel of the LORD, and fat under an Oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joafh the Abi-ezrite: and his Son Gideon threshed Wheat by the Wine-prefs, to hide it from the Midianites.

12 And the Angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and faid unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty Man of Valour.

13 And Gideon faid unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then

f Heb. xi. 32 What fhall I more

fay for the time would fail me to

tell of GIDEON, and of BARAK, and of SAMSON, and of JEPHTHAE, of

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is all this befallen us? and where be all his Miracles which our Fathers told us of, faying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forfaken us, and delivered us into the Hands of the Midianites.

14 And the LORD looked

DAVID alfo and SAMUEL, and of the Prophets :

33 Who THROUGH FAITH SUBDUED

KINGDOMS, WROUGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS, OBTAINED PROMISES, STOPPED the

MOUTHS of LIONS,

34 QUENCHED the Violence of FIRE, ESCAPED the Edge of the SWORD, out of Weakness were made ftrong, waxed valiant in Fight, turned to Flight the Armies of the Aliens.

upon him, and faid, Go in this thy Might, and thou fhalt fave Ifrael from the Hand of the Midianites? have not I fent thee?

15 And he faid unto him, O my LORD, wherewith shall I fave Ifrael? behold, my Family is poor in Manaffeh, and I am the leaft in my Father's House.

16h And the LORD faid unto him, SURELY I will be WITH THEE, and thou shalt fmite the Midianites, as one Man.

17 And he faid unto him, If now I have found Grace in thy fight, then fhew me a Sign that thou talkeft with

me.

18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my Prefent, and fet it before thee. And he faid, I will tarry until thou come again.

81 Cor. i. 27 GOD hath chofen the FOOLISH Things of the World to conFOUND the WISE; and GoD hath chofen the WEAK Things of the World to confound the Things that are

MIGHTY.

h Pfal. iii. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of People, that have fet themfelves against me round about.

7 Arife, O LORD, SAVE me, O my God; for thou haft SMITTEN all mine Enemies upon the Cheek bone: thou haft broken the Teeth of the Ungodly.

8 SALVATION belongeth unto the LORD thy BLESSING is upon thy People.

Pjal. xxvii. 1 The LORD is my LIGHT, and my SALVATION, whom

fhall I fear? the LORD is the STRENGTH

of my LIFE, of whom fhall I be afraid?

2 When the Wicked, even mine Enemies, and my Foes came upon me to eat up my Flefh, they ftumbled and fell.

Though an HOST fhould encamp 19 And Gideon went in, against me, my HEART fhall Nor and made ready a Kid, and FEAR: though War fhould rife against unleavened Cakes of an E- me, in this will I be confident. phah of Flour, the Flefh he put in a Bafket, and he put the Broth in a Pot, and brought it out unto him under the Oak, and prefented it.

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20 And the Angel of GOD faid unto him, Take the Flesh, and the unleavened Cakes, and lay them upon this Rock, and pour cut the Broth. And he did fo,

21 Then

21 Then the Angel of the LORD put forth the End of the Staff that was in his Hand, and touched the Flesh, and the unleavened Cakes: and there arofe up Fire out of the Rock, and confumed the Flesh, and the unleavened Cakes: then the Angel of the LORD departed out of his fight.

22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an Angel of the LORD, Gideon faid, Alas, O LORD GOD: for becaufe I have feen an Angel of the LORD Face to Face.

23 And the LORD faid unto him, Peace be unto thee, fear not, thou shalt not die.

24 Then Gideon built an Altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalon.

25 And it came to pass the fame Night, that the LORD faid unto him, Take thy Father's young Bullock, even the fecond Bullock of feven Years old, and throw down the Altar of Baal that thy Father hath, and cut down the Grove that is by it:

26 And build an Altar unto the LORD thy GOD upon the top of this Rock, in the ordered Place, and take the fecond Bullock, and offer a Burnt-facrifice with the Wood of the Grove which thou fhalt cut down.

27 Then Gideon took ten Men of his Servants, and did as the LORD had faid unto him and fo it was, because he feared his Father's Houfhold, and the Men of the City, that he could not do it by Day, that he did it by Night.

28 And when the Men of the City arofe early in the Morning, Behold, the Altar of Baal was caft down, and the Grove was cut down that was by it, and the fecond Bullock was offered upon the Altar that was built.

29 And they faid one to another, Who hath done this Thing? And when they enquired and afked, they said, Gideon the Son of Joafh hath done this Thing.

30 Then the Men of the City faid unto Joafh, Bring out thy Son, that he may die: because he hath caft down the Altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Grove that was by it.

31 And Joafh faid unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye fave him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to Death, whilft it is yet Morning: if he be a God, let him plead for himfelf, because one hath caft down his Altar.

32 Therefore on that Day he called him Jerubbaal, fay

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