But Mosessaid,"Whythenare you transgressingthe commandmentof the LORD,when it will not succeed?
Then the Spiritof Godcameon Zechariahthe sonof Jehoiadathe priest;and he stoodabovethe peopleand saidto them, "ThusGodhas said,Whydo you transgressthe commandmentsof the LORDand do not prosper?Becauseyou have forsakenthe LORD,He has also forsakenyou.'"
"By the breathof Godthey perish,And by the blastof His angerthey cometo an end.
"From this[place] alsoyou will goout With your handson your head;For the LORDhas rejectedthose in whomyou trust,And you will not prosperwith them."
and he will takeZedekiahto Babylon,and he will be thereuntilI visithim," declaresthe LORD."Ifyou fightagainstthe Chaldeans,you will not succeed"'?"
"Now the Amalekitesand the Canaaniteslivein the valleys;turntomorrowand setout to the wildernessby the wayof the RedSea."
"And the LORDsaidto me, 'Sayto them, "Do not goup norfight,for I am not amongyou; otherwiseyou will be defeatedbeforeyour enemies."'
"Whythen did you not obeythe voiceof the LORD,but rushedupon the spoiland didwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD?"
