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12 (A)Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They (B)turn their backs to their enemies, because they have become (C)devoted for destruction.[a] I will be with you no more, unless you destroy (D)the devoted things from among you. 13 Get up! Consecrate the people and say, (E)‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:12 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

14 (A)So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he (B)gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. (C)And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, (D)so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.

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