21 They completely destroyed(A) everything in the city with the sword—every man and woman, both young and old, and every ox, sheep, and donkey.

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21 They devoted(A) the city to the Lord and destroyed(B) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

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Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have.(A) Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”(B)

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Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(A) destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.

Righteousness will be a belt around His loins;(A)
faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.(B)

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Righteousness will be his belt(A)
    and faithfulness(B) the sash around his waist.(C)

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The Earth Judged

24 Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare
and making it desolate.
He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:

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The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth

24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(A)
    and devastate(B) it;
he will ruin its face
    and scatter(C) its inhabitants—

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Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,(A)
and its inhabitants have become guilty;
the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,
and only a few survive.

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Therefore a curse(A) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(B)
    and very few are left.

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28 So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary,
and set Jacob apart for destruction(A)
and Israel for abuse.

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28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction[a](A)
    and Israel to scorn.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.