SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:42
No subáis, porque el SEÑOR no está en medio de vosotros, no seáis heridos delante de vuestros enemigos.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 42. Go not up, for the Lord [is] not among you , etc.] And therefore could not expect success, for victory is of the Lord; the Targum of Jonathan adds, “the ark, and the tabernacle, and the cloud of glory move not,” which were a plain indication that the Lord would not go with them, and therefore could not hope to prevail over their enemies and enter the land, but on the contrary might expect to be defeated by them, as follows: that ye be not smitten before your enemies ; of which they would be in great danger should they attempt to go up the hill, and the Lord not with them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 40-45 - Some of the Israelites were now earnest to go forward toward Canaan But it came too late. If men would but be as earnest for heaven whil their day of grace lasts, as they will be when it is over, how wel would it be for them! That which has been duty in its season, when mistimed, may be turned into sin. Those who are out of the way of their duty, are not under God's protection, and go at their peril. God bad them go, and they would not; he forbade them, and they would go. Thu is the carnal mind enmity against God. They had distrusted God' strength; they now presume upon their own without his. And the expedition fails accordingly; now the sentence began to be executed that their carcases should fall in the wilderness. That affair can never end well, which begins with sin. The way to obtain peace with ou friends, and success against our enemies, is, to have God, as ou Friend, and to keep in his love. Let us take warning from the fate of Israel, lest we perish after the same example of unbelief. Let us go forth, depending on God's mercy, power, promise, and truth; he will be with us, and bring our souls to everlasting rest __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
אל 408 תעלו 5927 כי 3588 אין 369 יהוה 3068 בקרבכם 7130 ולא 3808 תנגפו 5062 לפני 6440 איביכם׃ 341
