⁴³ For the land will be deserted^(A) by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected^(B) my laws and abhorred my decrees.^(C)

²⁷ “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone^(A) will be a witness^(B) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue^(C) to your God.”^(D)

²³ But Gideon told them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule^(A) over you.”

¹⁹ But you have now rejected^(A) your God, who saves^(B) you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king^(C) over us.’^(D) So now present^(E) yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”