You have made his sword useless. You have not helped him in battle.

你叫他的刀剑卷刃，叫他在争战之中站立不住。

你叫他的刀剑卷刃，使他在战争中站立不住。

你叫他的刀剑卷刃，使他在战争中站立不住。

你使他的刀剑失去锋芒，你使他败退沙场。

你使他的刀剑卷刃，使他在战场上站立不住。

你也使他的刀剑卷刃，使他在战争中站立不住。

你叫他的刀劍捲刃，叫他在爭戰之中站立不住。

你叫他的刀劍捲刃，使他在戰爭中站立不住。

你叫他的刀劍捲刃，使他在戰爭中站立不住。

你使他的刀劍失去鋒芒，你使他敗退沙場。

你使他的刀劍捲刃，使他在戰場上站立不住。

唉，你使他的刀劍捲刃，使他在戰場上站立不住。

你也使他的刀劍捲刃，使他在戰爭中站立不住。

卻其兵刃、臨陳不使之卓立兮、

爾僕持刃、其鋒頓挫、戰鬥不利兮、

使其刀劍挫刃無鋒、使之爭戰時不得立穩、

敵人蒙提拔。洋洋喜氣騰。

Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.

You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.

You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.

You also turn back the edge of his sword, And have not made him stand in battle.

You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

“ Son of man, I have broken the powerful arm of Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt. No bandages have been put on his arm to heal it. It has not been put in a cast. So his arm will not be strong enough to use a sword.I am against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. I will break both his arms. I will break his healthy arm and his broken one. His sword will fall from his hand.I will scatter the people of Egypt among the nations. I will send them to other countries.I will make the arms of the king of Babylon stronger. I will put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh. And he will groan in front of Nebuchadnezzar. He will cry out like someone dying from his wounds.I will make the arms of the king of Babylon stronger. But the arms of Pharaoh will not be able to help Egypt. I will put my sword in Nebuchadnezzar’s hand. He will get ready to use it against Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

You made us turn and run from our enemies. They have taken what belongs to us.

“‘ Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you.You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies.

So only about 3,000 troops went up. But the men of Ai drove them away.They chased the Israelites from the city gate all the way to Shebarim. They killed about 36 of them on the way down. So the Israelites were terrified.

Go and fight bravely in battle if you want to. But God will destroy you right in front of your enemies. God has the power to help you or destroy you.”

Lord, our enemies have driven us away. What can I say?The Canaanites will hear about it. So will everyone else in the country. They will surround us. They’ll erase any mention of our name from the face of the earth. Then what will you do when people don’t honor your great name anymore?”The Lord said to Joshua,“ Get up! What are you doing down there on your face?Israel has sinned. I made a covenant with them. I commanded them to keep it. But they have broken it. They have taken some of the things that had been set apart to me in a special way to be destroyed. They have stolen. They have lied. They have taken the things they stole and have put them with their own things.That is why the Israelites can’t stand up against their enemies. They turn their backs and run. That’s because I have decided to let them be destroyed. You must destroy the things you took that had been set apart to me. If you do not, I will not be with you anymore.

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down. They attacked the Israelites. They won the battle over them. They chased the Israelites all the way to Hormah.

So don’t go up. The Lord isn’t with you. Your enemies will win the battle over you.