If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready.

God has spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

and might not be as their fathers: a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

He also drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

He sent darkness, and made it dark. And they rebelled against his words.

God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult. I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

and made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for his loving kindness [is] forever,