Azariah went to meet Asa. Azariah said, “Listen to me Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you look for the Lord, you will find him. But if you leave him, he will leave you.
Numbers 32:15 - Easy To Read Version If you quit following the Lord, then the Lord will make Israel stay even longer in the desert. Then you will destroy all of these people!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if you turn from following Him, He will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people. American Standard Version (1901) For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people. Common English Bible If you turn away from him, he will turn away again to abandon Israel in the desert. Then you will destroy this entire people.” Catholic Public Domain Version But if you are not willing to follow him, he will leave the people behind in the wilderness, and you will have been the cause of all our deaths." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if you will not follow him he will leave the people in the wilderness: and you shall be the cause of the destruction of all. |
Azariah went to meet Asa. Azariah said, “Listen to me Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you look for the Lord, you will find him. But if you leave him, he will leave you.
All your wives and children will be brought out. They will be given to the Babylonian army. You yourself will not escape from the army of Babylon. You will be captured by the king of Babylon, and Jerusalem will be burned down.”
But the people {from Reuben’s and Gad’s family groups} went to Moses. They said, “We will build cities for our children and barns for our animals here.
I feel sorry for the people in the world because of the things that make people sin. Those things must happen. But it will be very bad for the person that causes those things to happen.
If you hurt your brother’s faith because of something you eat, then you are not really following the way of love. Don’t destroy a person’s faith by eating something \{that he thinks is wrong\}. Christ died for that person.
So these eleven men went to Gilead. They went to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. The eleven men said to them,