14 And look! You have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the ^afierce anger of the Lord against Israel.  ‡

15 For if you ^aturn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”  ‡

17 but ^awe ourselves will be armed, ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.  ‡

18 ^aWe will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has¹ received his inheritance.  ‡