34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of tumbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.”