And the Lord said to Joshua, (A)“Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall (B)hamstring their horses and burn their (C)chariots with fire.”

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(A)And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David (B)hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.

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And the Lord said to Joshua, (A)“Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. (B)Not a man of them shall stand before you.”

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And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have (A)salvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.

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28 and (A)Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, (B)ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we go out once more to battle against our brothers, the people of Benjamin, or shall we cease?” And the Lord said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”

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And Joshua did to them (A)just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

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(A)Assyria shall not save us;
    (B)we will not ride on horses;
and (C)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
(D)In you the orphan finds mercy.”

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Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

31 Woe[a] to (A)those who go down to Egypt for help
    and rely on horses,
who (B)trust in chariots because they are many
    and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but (C)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
    or consult the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 31:1 Or Ah,

16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon (A)horses”;
    therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
    therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

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The righteous who (A)walks in his integrity—
    (B)blessed are his children after him!

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10 His delight is not in (A)the strength of the horse,
    nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord (B)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who (C)hope in his steadfast love.

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

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(A)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he (B)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    (C)he burns the chariots with fire.

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my (B)salvation;
    (C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

When evildoers assail me
    to (D)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge

Some trust in (A)chariots and some in (B)horses,
    (C)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

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16 Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of (A)the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel.

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Then Joshua said to the people, (A)“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

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16 And (A)you shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you. (B)Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be (C)a snare to you.

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