- Josué 11
  
  1 It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
  
  2 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
  
  3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
  
  4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.
  
  5 All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
  
  6 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."
  
  7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
  
  8 Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward. They struck them until they left them none remaining.
  
  9 Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.
  
  10 Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms.
  
  11 They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire.
  
  12 Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.
  
  13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
  
  14 The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities, with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn't leave any who breathed.
  
  15 As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
  
  16 So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
  
  17 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death.
  
  18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
  
  19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.
  
  20 For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  
  21 Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
  
  22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
  
  23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
  
  Psaumes 144
  
  1 <> Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
  
  2 my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
  
  3 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
  
  4 Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
  
  5 Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
  
  6 Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
  
  7 Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;
  
  8 whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
  
  9 I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
  
  10 You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
  
  11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
  
  12 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
  
  13 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
  
  14 Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
  
  15 Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.
  
  Jérémie 5
  
  1 "Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
  
  2 Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."
  
  3 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
  
  4 Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.
  
  5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God." But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  
  6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
  
  7 "How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.
  
  8 They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
  
  9 Shouldn't I punish them for these things?" says Yahweh; "and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  
  10 "Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.
  
  11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me," says Yahweh.
  
  12 They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
  
  13 The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."
  
  14 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, "Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
  
  15 Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel," says Yahweh. "It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don't know, neither understand what they say.
  
  16 Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
  
  17 They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
  
  18 "But even in those days," says Yahweh, "I will not make a full end with you.
  
  19 It will happen, when you say, 'Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'
  
  20 "Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
  
  21 'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
  
  22 Don't you fear me?' says Yahweh 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'
  
  23 "But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
  
  24 Neither do they say in their heart, 'Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'
  
  25 "Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
  
  26 For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
  
  27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
  
  28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
  
  29 "Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  
  30 "An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
  
  31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

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