Azariah went to meet Asa and 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 him, you will find him. But if you leave him, he will leave you.
Numbers 14:42 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version Don’t go into that land. The Lord is not with you, so your enemies will easily defeat you. 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. |
Azariah went to meet Asa and 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 him, you will find him. But if you leave him, he will leave you.
You helped them defend themselves. You did not help your king win the battle.
The Amalekites and Canaanites will fight against you there. You have turned away from the Lord, so he will not be with you when you fight them. And you will all be killed in battle.”
But the Lord said to me, ‘Tell the people not to go up there and fight, because I will not be with them. Their enemies will defeat them!’
At that time I will become very angry with them, and I will leave them. I will refuse to help them, and they will be destroyed. Terrible things will happen to them, and they will have many troubles. Then they will say, ‘These bad things happened to us because our God is not with us.’
That is why the army of Israel turned and ran away from the fight. They did that because they have done wrong. They should be destroyed. I will not continue to help you or be with you unless you destroy everything I commanded you to destroy.
I promise by my life, Lord! There is nothing I can say now. Israel has surrendered to the enemy.
Then Delilah called out to him, “Samson, the Philistine men are going to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will escape as I did before and free myself.” But Samson did not know that the Lord had left him.