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42 But the Lord said to me, Warn them: Do not go up and fight—for I will not be in your midst—lest you be beaten down before your enemies.

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42 But the Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.’”(A)

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19 The Lord saw and was filled with loathing,
    provoked by his sons and daughters.(A)
20 He said, I will hide my face from them,
    and see what becomes of them.
For they are a fickle generation,
    children with no loyalty in them!(B)
21 Since they have incited me with a “no-god,”
    and provoked me with their empty idols,
I will incite them with a “no-people”;[a]
    with a foolish nation I will provoke them.(C)
22 For by my wrath a fire is kindled
    that has raged to the depths of Sheol,
It has consumed the earth with its yield,
    and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.(D)
23 I will heap evils upon them
    and exhaust all my arrows against them:(E)
24 Emaciating hunger and consuming fever
    and bitter pestilence,
And the teeth of wild beasts I will send among them,
    with the venom of reptiles gliding in the dust.(F)
25 Out in the street the sword shall bereave,
    and at home the terror
For the young man and the young woman alike,
    the nursing babe as well as the gray beard.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:21 “No-god”…“no-people”: worship of the gods of the nations brings destruction at the hands of a foreign invader. A false god cannot sustain or protect (cf. Jer 14:22); and though the nations seem “foolish” (see their characterization in such passages as Ps 114:1; Is 28:11; 33:19), they will prove to be anything but nonentities when the Lord stirs them up against Israel (Is 9:10–12). For the “no-” or “not-” construction, see Hos 1:6, 9; 2:1, 25.

19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(A)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(B)
20 “I will hide my face(C) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(D)
    children who are unfaithful.(E)
21 They made me jealous(F) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(G)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(H)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(I)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(J)
It will devour(K) the earth and its harvests(L)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(M)

23 “I will heap calamities(N) on them
    and spend my arrows(O) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(P) against them,
    consuming pestilence(Q) and deadly plague;(R)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(S)
    the venom of vipers(T) that glide in the dust.(U)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror(V) will reign.(W)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.(X)

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42 Do not go up, because the Lord is not in your midst; do not allow yourself to be struck down by your enemies.(A)

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42 Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,(A)

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