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and he said, "O LORD, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruleroverall the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that noone can standagainst You.
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"Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of thislandbefore* Your peopleIsrael and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friendforever?
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'Shouldevilcome upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will standbeforethishouse and before You (for Your name is in thishouse ) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.'
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"Nowbehold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and MountSeir, whom You did not letIsraelinvade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turnedaside from them and did not destroy them),
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"O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerlessbeforethisgreatmultitude who are comingagainst us; nor do we knowwhat to do, but our eyes are on You."
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Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORDcame upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph;
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and he said, "Listen, allJudah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and KingJehoshaphat: thussays the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayedbecause* of thisgreatmultitude, for the battle is not yours but God's.