“And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.”
They will stumble over one another as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. You will not be able to stand before your enemies. The social dimension of the exile's fear: stumbling over one another communicates the communal breakdown of the scattered community. The covenant community that once stood together now trips over itself in pointless flight. The inability to stand before enemies is the reversal of the covenant blessing's military effectiveness: the community that once chased a hundred (verse 8) cannot stand before anyone.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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