“And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.”
Bible
“The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.”
“But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.”
“Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.”
“But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.”
“And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.”
“And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.”