So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, ‘Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
Numbers 14:42 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t go, because the Lord is not among you and you will be defeated by your enemies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go not up, for the Lord is not among you, that you be not struck down before your enemies. American Standard Version (1901) Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. Common English Bible Don’t go up, for the LORD isn’t with you. Don’t be struck down before your enemies. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not ascend, for the Lord is not with you, lest you be overthrown before your enemies. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go not up, for the Lord is not with you: lest you fall before your enemies. |
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, ‘Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
The Amalekites and Canaanites are right in front of you, and you will fall by the sword. The Lord won’t be with you, since you have turned from following him.’
‘But the Lord said to me, “Tell them: Don’t go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from being defeated by your enemies.”
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, “Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ”
This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you what is set apart.
What can I say, Lord, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Then she cried, ‘Samson, the Philistines are here! ’ When he awoke from his sleep, he said, ‘I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.’ But he did not know that the Lord had left him.