Deuteronomy 1:42

Historical Prologue

⁴¹ And ye answer and say unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we -- we go up, and we have fought, according to all that which Jehovah our God hath commanded us; and ye gird on each his weapons of war, and ye are ready to go up into the hill-country; ⁴² and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies. ⁴³ 'And I speak unto you, and ye have not hearkened, and provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country;

Lord Said

Jehovah

Leviticus 26:17

and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

Numbers 14:41-43

And Moses saith, 'Why is this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

Joshua 7:8-13

Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?

1 Samuel 4:2

and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and the battle spreadeth itself, and Israel is smitten before the Philistines, and they smite among the ranks in the field about four thousand men.

1 Samuel 4:10

And the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen;

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five ye flee, Till ye have been surely left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.

Isaiah 59:1-2

Lo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing.

Hosea 9:12

For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, woe to them, when I turn aside from them.