Ezekiel 1
1 ನಾನು ಸೆರೆಯವರ ಜೊತೆ ಕೆಬಾರ್‌ ನದಿಯ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವಾಗ ಮೂವತ್ತ ನೆಯ ವರುಷದ ನಾಲ್ಕನೆಯ ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ಐದನೆಯ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಆದದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ, ಆಕಾಶಗಳು ತೆರೆಯಲ್ಪ ಟ್ಟವು; ನಾನು ದೇವರ ದರ್ಶನಗಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡೆನು.
2 ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ಐದನೆಯ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಅರಸನಾದ ಯೆಹೋಯಾಖೀನನ ಸೆರೆಯ ಐದನೆಯ ವರುಷದಲಿ
3 ಕರ್ತನ ವಾಕ್ಯವು ಕಸ್ದೀಯರ ದೇಶದ ಕೆಬಾರ್‌ ನದಿಯ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬೂಜಿಯ ಮಗನೂ ಯಾಜಕನೂ ಆಗಿರುವ ಯೆಹೆಜ್ಕೇಲನಿಗೆ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಬಂದಿತು, ಕರ್ತನ ಕೈ ಅವನ ಮೇಲಿತ್ತು.
4 ನಾನು ನೋಡಲಾಗಿ ಇಗೋ, ಉತ್ತರದಿಂದ ಸುಳಿಗಾಳಿ ಬಂದಿತು. ಒಂದು ಮಹಾ ಮೇಘವೂ ಝಗಝಗಿಸುವ ಬೆಂಕಿಯೂ ಅದರ ಸುತ್ತಲು ಪ್ರಕಾಶವೂ ಇತ್ತು; ಬೆಂಕಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಥಳಥಳಿಸುವಂಥದ್ದು ಹೊಂಬಣ್ಣದ ಹಾಗಿತ್ತು.
5 ಅದರ ಮಧ್ಯದೊಳಗಿಂದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಜೀವಿಗಳ ರೂಪವು ಹೊರ ಟಿತು. ಅವುಗಳ ಆಕಾರವೇನಂದರೆ--ಅವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ರೂಪವಿತ್ತು.
6 ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದಕ್ಕೂ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಮುಖಗಳು ನಾಲ್ಕು ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳು ಇದ್ದವು.
7 ಅವುಗಳ ಕಾಲುಗಳು ನೆಟ್ಟಗಿದ್ದವು; ಅವುಗಳ ಅಂಗಾಲು ಕರುವಿನ ಪಾದದ ಹಾಗಿದ್ದು ಹಿತ್ತಾಳೆಗೆ ಮೆರುಗು ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಹಾಗೆ ಅವು ಥಳಥಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು.
8 ಅವುಗಳಿಗೆ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಅವುಗಳ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಪಕ್ಕೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಕೈಗಳು ಇದ್ದವು; ಮತ್ತು ಆ ನಾಲ್ಕಕ್ಕೂ ಮುಖಗಳು, ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳು ಇದ್ದವು.
9 ಅವುಗಳ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳು ಒಂದಕ್ಕೊಂದು ಜೋಡಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಅವು ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ತಿರುಗಿಕೊಳ್ಳದೆ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ನೆಟ್ಟಗೆ ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದವು.
10 ಅವು ಗಳ ಮುಖಗಳ ರೂಪದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಅವು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಜೀವಿಗಳು ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ರೂಪದ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದವು; ಬಲಗಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಂಹದ ಮುಖವೂ ಎಡಗಡೆ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತಿನ ಮುಖವೂ ಆ ನಾಲ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಹದ್ದಿನ ಮುಖವೂ ಇತ್ತು.
11 ಅವುಗಳ ಮುಖಗಳು ಹೀಗಿದ್ದವು; ಅವುಗಳ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳು ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಚಾಚಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದಕ್ಕೂ ಎರಡು ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳಿದ್ದು ಒಂದಕ್ಕೊಂದು ಅಂಟಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದವು; ಮಿಕ್ಕ ಎರಡು ಅವುಗಳ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದವು.
12 ಅವು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ನೆಟ್ಟಗೆ ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದವು; ಆತ್ಮನು ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋಗುವದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದನೋ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋದವು; ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ಅವು ತಿರುಗಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಿಲ್ಲ.
13 ಅವುಗಳ ರೂಪವು ಜೀವಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳ ಹಾಗಿದ್ದು ಅವುಗಳ ಆಕಾರವು ಉರಿಯುವ ಬೆಂಕಿಯ ಕೆಂಡ ಗಳಂತೆಯೂ ದೀಪಗಳ ಹಾಗೆಯೂ ಇದ್ದು ಅದು ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೇಲೆಯೂ ಕೆಳಗೂ ಹೋಗು ತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಆ ಬೆಂಕಿಯು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಆ ಬೆಂಕಿಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಮಿಂಚುಗಳು ಹೊರಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು.
14 ಆ ಜೀವಿಗಳು ಮಿಂಚಿನ ಹಾಗೆ ಓಡುತ್ತಾ ತಿರುಗಾ ಡುತ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದವು.
15 ಆಗ ನಾನು ಆ ಜೀವಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಲಾಗಿ ಇಗೋ, ಜೀವಿಗಳಿಂದ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದು ಚಕ್ರವು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಮುಖಗಳುಳ್ಳದ್ದಾಗಿ ರುವದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದೆನು.
16 ಆ ಚಕ್ರಗಳ ಆಕಾರವೂ ಅವುಗಳ ಕೆಲಸವೂ ಪೀತರತ್ನ ವರ್ಣದ ಹಾಗಿದೆ. ಆ ನಾಲ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದೇ ರೂಪವಿದ್ದು ಅವುಗಳ ಆಕಾರವೂ ಅವುಗಳ ಕೆಲಸವೂ ಚಕ್ರದ ಮಧ್ಯದೊಳಗೆ ಚಕ್ರವು ಇದ್ದ ಹಾಗಿತ್ತು.
17 ಅವು ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ತಮ್ಮ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಪಕ್ಕೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೋದವು, ಅವು ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಲಿಲ್ಲ.
18 ಅವುಗಳ ಚಕ್ರಗಳು ಎತ್ತರವಾ ಗಿಯೂ ಭಯಂಕರ ವಾಗಿಯೂ ಇದ್ದವು; ಆ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಚಕ್ರಗಳ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಿದ್ದವು.
19 ಆ ಜೀವಿಗಳು ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ಆ ಚಕ್ರಗಳು ಅವುಗಳ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಹೋದವು; ಆ ಜೀವಿಗಳು ಭೂಮಿಯಿಂದ ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡುವಾಗ ಚಕ್ರಗಳು ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವು.
20 ಆತ್ಮನು ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋಗುವದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದನೋ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಅವುಗಳು ಹೋದವು; ಆ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಅವುಗಳ ಆತ್ಮವು ಹೋಗಬೇಕೆಂದಿತ್ತು; ಚಕ್ರಗಳು ಸಹ ಅವುಗಳಿಗೆದು ರಾಗಿ ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪ ಟ್ಟವು; ಚಕ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಜೀವಿಯ ಆತ್ಮವು ಇತ್ತು.
21 ಅವುಗಳು ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ಇವುಗಳೂ ಹೋದವು; ಅವುಗಳು ನಿಲ್ಲುವಾಗ ಇವುಗಳೂ ನಿಂತವು; ಭೂಮಿಯಿಂದ ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡುವಾಗ ಚಕ್ರಗಳು ಅವುಗಳ ಸಂಗಡ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವು; ಆ ಜೀವಿಯ ಆತ್ಮನು ಆ ಚಕ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತು.
22 ಜೀವಿಯ ತಲೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಗಗನಮಂಡಲ ವಿಶಾಲ ರೂಪವು ಭೀಕರ ವಜ್ರದ ಬಣ್ಣದ್ದಾಗಿತ್ತು; ಅದು ಅವುಗಳ ತಲೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಹರ ಡಿತ್ತು (ಹಾಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿತ್ತು).
23 ಆ ಗಗನಮಂಡಲದ (ರೂಪದ) ಕೆಳಗೆ ಅವುಗಳ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳು ನೆಟ್ಟಗೆ (ನೇರ ವಾಗಿ) ಒಂದಕ್ಕೊಂದು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದವು; ಅವುಗಳ ಶರೀರಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಎರಡೆರೆಡು ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳು ಎರಡು ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಇರುವ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದವು.
24 ಅವು ಹೋದಾಗ ನಾನು ಅವುಗಳ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳ ಶಬ್ದವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದೆನು; ಅದು ಜಲಪ್ರವಾಹದ ಶಬ್ದದಂತೆಯೂ ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನ ಶಬ್ದದ ಹಾಗೆಯೂ ಸಂದಣಿಯ ಶಬ್ದದಂತೆಯೂ ಸೈನ್ಯದ ಶಬ್ದದ ಹಾಗೆಯೂ ಇತ್ತು; ಅವು ನಿಲ್ಲುವಾಗ ತಮ್ಮ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೆಳಗೆ ಇಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು.
25 ಅವುಗಳು ನಿಂತು ತಮ್ಮ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೆಳಗೆ ಇಳಿಸಿದಾಗ ಅವುಗಳ ತಲೆಗಳ ಮೇಲಿರುವ ಗಗನಮಂಡಲದೊಳಗಿಂದ ಒಂದು ಶಬ್ದವಾಯಿತು.
26 ಅವುಗಳ ತಲೆಗಳ ಮೇಲಿರುವ ಗಗನಮಂಡಲದ ಮೇಲ್ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದ್ರನೀಲಮಣಿಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಇರುವ ಒಂದು ಸಿಂಹಾಸನದ ರೂಪವಿತ್ತು. ಅದರ ಮೇಲೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಹಾಗೆ ಕಾಣಿಸುವ ಒಂದು ರೂಪವೂ ಇತ್ತು.
27 ಆತನ ನಡುವು ಕಾಣಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮೇಲೆಯೂ ಒಳಗೂ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಬೆಂಕಿಯಂತೆ ಇರುವ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಒಂದು ಬಣ್ಣದ ರೂಪವು ಇರುವದನ್ನು ನಾನು ನೋಡಿದೆನು; ಆತನ ನಡುವು ಕಾಣಿಸುವಂತೆ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬೆಂಕಿಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಅದರ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಪ್ರಕಾಶವಿರುವದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದೆನು.
28 ಮಳೆ ಬೀಳುವ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೇಘ ದೊಳಗೆ ಬಿಲ್ಲು ಹೇಗೆ ಕಾಣಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವದೋ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಅದರ ಸುತ್ತ ಆ ಪ್ರಕಾಶವು ಕಾಣಿಸಿತು. ಇದೇ ಕರ್ತನ ಮಹಿಮೆಯ ರೂಪದ ದರ್ಶನವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅದನ್ನು ನಾನು ನೋಡಿದಾಗ ನನ್ನ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಕೆಳಗೆಮಾಡಿ ಬಿದ್ದೆನು. ಆಗ ಮಾತನಾಡುವ ಒಬ್ಬನ ಸ್ವರವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದೆನು.
1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3 The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.
36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.