Going to War

20 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours,(A) do not be afraid(B) of them,(C) because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with(D) you.

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“Be strong and courageous.(A) Do not be afraid or discouraged(B) because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him.(C) With him is only the arm of flesh,(D) but with us(E) is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.”(F) And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.

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The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you;(A) he will never leave you nor forsake you.(B) Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

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Some trust in chariots(A) and some in horses,(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.(C)

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More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(A) If God is for us,(B) who can be against us?(C)

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When you pass through the waters,(A)
    I will be with you;(B)
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,(C)
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.(D)

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Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt

31 Woe(A) to those who go down to Egypt(B) for help,
    who rely on horses,(C)
who trust in the multitude of their chariots(D)
    and in the great strength of their horsemen,
but do not look to the Holy One(E) of Israel,
    or seek help from the Lord.(F)

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No one will be able to stand against you(A) all the days of your life. As I was with(B) Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake(C) you.

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Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign:(A) The virgin[b](B) will conceive and give birth to a son,(C) and[c] will call him Immanuel.[d](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
  3. Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
  4. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.

The Lord is with me;(A) I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?(B)

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Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid;(A) do not be discouraged,(B) for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”(C)

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Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

21 At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. The Lord will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. 22 Do not be afraid(A) of them;(B) the Lord your God himself will fight(C) for you.”

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11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob(A) is our fortress.(B)

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The Lord Almighty(A) is with us;(B)
    the God of Jacob(C) is our fortress.(D)

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12 Our God, will you not judge them?(A) For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.(B)

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11 Then Asa called(A) to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us,(B) Lord our God, for we rely(C) on you, and in your name(D) we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail(E) against you.”

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12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,(A) mighty warrior.(B)

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They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.(A) All these kings joined forces(B) and made camp together at the Waters of Merom(C) to fight against Israel.

The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand(D) all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring(E) their horses and burn their chariots.”(F)

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Then the five kings(A) of the Amorites(B)—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon—joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.

The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal:(C) “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army,(D) including all the best fighting men. The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid(E) of them; I have given them into your hand.(F) Not one of them will be able to withstand you.”(G)

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24 By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
    ‘With my many chariots(A)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights(B) of Lebanon.(C)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.(D)
I have reached its remotest heights,
    the finest of its forests.
25 I have dug wells in foreign lands[a]
    and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
    I have dried up(E) all the streams of Egypt.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:25 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:24); Masoretic Text does not have in foreign lands.

16 No king is saved by the size of his army;(A)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse(B) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.

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Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(A) and had cruelly oppressed(B) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

Now Deborah,(C) a prophet,(D) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. She held court(E) under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah(F) and Bethel(G) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. She sent for Barak son of Abinoam(H) from Kedesh(I) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(J) and Zebulun(K) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(L) I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s(M) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River(N) and give him into your hands.(O)’”

Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging

Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

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