But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this {man} to reign over us.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that {appertain} unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. {make...: Heb. create a creature}

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard {it}, they said, God forbid.

God {is} jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and {is} furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth {wrath} for his enemies. {God...: or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger, etc} {is furious: Heb. that hath fury}

Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.

A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and {some} of them ye shall kill and crucify; and {some} of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute {them} from city to city:

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

And when ye see {this}, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and {his} indignation toward his enemies.

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: {persecuted us: or, chased us out}

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things {which belong} unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

And the people said unto Samuel, Who {is} he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard {it}, they said, God forbid.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this {man} to reign over us.

Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. {vex: or, trouble}

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, {those} nations shall be utterly wasted.

The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth {between} the cherubims; let the earth be moved. {be moved: Heb. stagger}

If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

{As for} the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. {in him...: Heb. in his Makers}

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

And this {is the blessing} of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help {to him} from his enemies.

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. {a prince: Heb. a man, a prince}

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. {desolate: or, guilty}

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Surely, shall {one} say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: {even} to him shall {men} come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. {Surely...: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength} {righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses}

What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye {be} a great multitude, and {there are} with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

{Let} this {be} the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

And when all Israel {saw} that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and {we have} none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: {and} now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that {were} therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

Whosoever {he be} that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

Rejoice, O ye nations, {with} his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, {and} to his people. {Rejoice...: or, Praise his people, ye nations: or, Sing ye}

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness {and} righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. {ride...: Heb. prosper thou, ride thou}

Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

According to {their} deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. {deeds: Heb. recompences}

But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

But the man {that} shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the {same} place. {fenced: Heb. filled}

Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and {my} fatlings {are} killed, and all things {are} ready: come unto the marriage.

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name {was} Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither {have we} inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

An evil {man} seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.