2 Chronicles 13:12 - Tree of Life Version So look, God is with us at our head, and His kohanim with the signal trumpets to sound an alarm against you. O men of Israel, do not fight against Adonai, the God of your fathers—for you will not succeed!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, God Himself is with us at our head, and His priests with their battle trumpets to sound an alarm against you. O Israelites, fight not against the Lord, the God of your fathers, for you cannot prosper. American Standard Version (1901) And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. Common English Bible Listen! God is on our side, at our head, along with his priests, who are ready to sound the battle trumpets against you. So, Israelites, don’t fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you won’t succeed!” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, God is the commander of our army, with his priests, who sound the trumpets that ring out against you. O sons of Israel, do not choose to fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers. For it is not expedient for you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you. |
Then the Ruach Elohim came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the kohen. He stood above the people and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you transgress the mitzvot of Adonai? You will not succeed. Because you have forsaken Adonai, He has also forsaken you.’”
With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is Adonai Eloheinu to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.
Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His?
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and come out whole?
Now I know that Adonai saves His anointed. He answers him from His holy heaven with saving strength of His right hand.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms totter, He utters His voice, the earth melts!
Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
No weapon formed against you will prosper and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Adonai’s servants— their vindication is from Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Take counsel together, but it will amount to nothing. Speak a word, but it will not stand. For God is with us!
You will also go out from there with your hands on your head. For Adonai has rejected those in whom you trust— you will not prosper by them.”
I set a snare for you, so you were caught, O Babylon, when you were unaware. You were found and also caught, because you challenged Adonai.
Say, thus says Adonai Elohim: “Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so it withers? All its new roots will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
They will be like mighty men treading down muddy streets in war. They will fight, because Adonai is with them and will put horsemen to shame.
But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the mouth of Adonai? That will never succeed.
No misfortune is to be seen in Jacob, and no misery in Israel! Adonai their God is with them —the King’s shout is among them!
Moses sent them into battle, 1,000 from each tribe, and with them Phinehas son of Eleazar the kohen, who took with him articles from the Sanctuary and trumpets for signaling.
but if it is of God, you will not be able to stop them. You might even be found fighting against God.” They took his advice,
What then shall we say in view of these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
For Adonai your God is the One who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies to save you.’
You will grope at noon as the blind person gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways. You will be only oppressed and robbed all the time, and there will be no one to save you.
For it was fitting for God—for whom and through whom all things exist—in leading many sons to glory, to perfect through sufferings the initiator of their salvation.