¹³ would you wait until they grew up?^(A) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter^(B) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!^(C)”

¹⁵ Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them^(A) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.^(B)

¹¹ So they called together all the rulers^(A) of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it^[a] will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.

¹⁵ The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated^(A) them from the camp.