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How should one chase a thousand, Two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, Yahweh had delivered them up?
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The True Source of Defeat
Commentators unanimously agree this verse is a rhetorical question with a clear answer: Israel's stunning military defeats were not due to the enemy's power but were a direct result of God's judgment. Their own 'Rock' had 'sold them' because of their persistent apostasy, reversing His earlier promises of victory. This highlights that the ultimate cause of failure was internal spiritual decay, not external threats.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Song of Moses
If (Deuteronomy 32:1–3) is regarded as the introduction, and (Deuteronomy 32:43) as the conclus…
19th Century
Anglican
How should one (of their enemies) chase a thousand (of them). — Compare the verse in Deuteronomy 28:25, and more…
Baptist
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they …
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16th Century
Protestant
How should one chase a thousand. Of all the many tokens of God’s wrath, He selects one which was particularly striking; for as long as God…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight This is said for …
The idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel and s…
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