55. He drove out nations before themand allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56. But they put God to the testand rebelled against the Most High;they did not keep his statutes.
57. Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58. They angered him with their high places;they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59. When God heard them, he was furious;he rejected Israel completely.
60. He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,the tent he had set up among humans.
61. He sent the ark of his might into captivity,his splendour into the hands of the enemy.
62. He gave his people over to the sword;he was furious with his inheritance.