“And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.”
I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you. The divine face set against — the opposite of the divine face that shines in blessing (Numbers 6:25) — produces military defeat and psychological terror: fleeing when no one is pursuing. The reversal of the military blessing (five chasing a hundred, verse 8) is the covenant curse of fleeing without a pursuer. The psychological defeat of panic without cause is the spiritual dimension of the military curse.
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