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2 Malakiym 7

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7:1

The Acoustic Rout of Aram and the Economic Override

Then Aliysha said, "Hear ye the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄; Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Shomron."
7:2

The Cynicism of the King's Lord

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of Alahiym, and said, "Behold, if 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 would make windows in heaven, might this thing be?" And he said, "Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof."
7:3

The Desperation of the Lepers

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, "Why sit we here until we die?"
7:4
"If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die."
7:5

The Discovery of the Empty Camp

And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Arameans: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
7:6

The Acoustic Hack of the Heavenly Host

For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, "Lo, the king of Yashar'al hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Mitzrites, to come upon us."
7:7
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
7:8

The Plundering by the Outcasts

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
7:9

The Conviction to Share the Tidings

Then they said one to another, "We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household."
7:10
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, "We came to the camp of the Arameans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were."
7:11
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
7:12

The Paranoia of the King

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, "I will now show you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city."
7:13

The Verification of the Intel

And one of his servants answered and said, "Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Yashar'al that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Yashar'alites that are consumed:) and let us send and see."
7:14
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see."
7:15
And they went after them unto Yardan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Arameans had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
7:16

The Fulfillment of the Economic Override

And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
7:17

The Execution of the Doubting Lord

And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of Alahiym had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
7:18
And it came to pass as the man of Alahiym had spoken to the king of Yashar'al, saying, "Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Shomron:"
7:19
And that lord answered the man of Alahiym, and said, "Now, behold, if 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?" And he said, "Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof."
7:20
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.