²¹ Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

⁴ Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: