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14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and rehearse it to Joshua, for I will utterly wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”

15 Then Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner; 16 for he said, “For the Lord has sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

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14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in [a]a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: [b]that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it [c]Jehovah-nissi; 16 and he said, [d]Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:14 Or, the book
  2. Exodus 17:14 Or, for
  3. Exodus 17:15 That is, Jehovah is my banner.
  4. Exodus 17:16 Or, Because there is a hand against the throne of Jehovah. Hebrew A hand is lifted up upon the throne of Jah