One can only crouch among the captives or collapse among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
Leviticus 26:37 - Tree of Life Version They will stumble over one another, as if before the sword, when no one pursues, and you will have no strength to stand before your enemies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall stumble over one another as if to escape a sword when no one pursues them; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. American Standard Version (1901) And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. Common English Bible They will stumble over each other as they would before a sword, even though no one is chasing them! You will have no power to stand before your enemies. Catholic Public Domain Version And they will each fall upon their brothers, as if they were fleeing from wars; no one among you will dare to resist your foes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they shall every one fall upon their brethren as fleeing from wars: none of you shall dare to resist your enemies. |
One can only crouch among the captives or collapse among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
For even if you had struck down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and there were left among them only wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down with fire.”
They keep stumbling, yes, falling over each other. Then they said: ‘Get up! Let’s return to our own people, to the land of our birth, away from the oppressor’s sword.’
Therefore thus says Adonai: “Look, I am laying before this people stumbling blocks— and against them they will stumble— fathers and the sons together, a neighbor and his friend, and they will perish.”
I will set My face against you and you will be routed before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
horseman climbing up, blade of sword and flash of spear, Many slain, a mass of corpses —no end to the corpses— they stumble over their corpses!
You should not go up, because Adonai will not be among you and you will be defeated before your enemies!
So the anger of Adonai burned against Israel, and He gave them over to the hands of plunderers who plundered them, and He sold them over into the hand of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand up before their enemies.
Now when they blew the 300 shofarot, Adonai set every man’s sword against his fellow throughout the entire army. So the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
The Philistines drew up in battle array to meet Israel, and when the battle was fought, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed 4,000 men on the battlefield.