And the people said, You shall not go out, for if we flee they will not set their heart on us even if half of us die; for now you are like ten thousand to us. And now it is good that you be for us from the city to help.
I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near. A star marches out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel and shall dash the corners of Moab, and tear down all the sons of tumult.
Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, “A Stone which the builders rejected, this One became the Head of the Corner? This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes?” Psalm 118:22, 23
Israel has sinned, and they also have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and have also taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and also deceived, and also put it among their stuff.
And the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; they have turned the back before their enemies because they have become a devoted thing. I will not be with you again if you do not destroy the devoted thing from among you.
And the leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of all the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.