What Does 2 Chronicles 20:17 Mean?
You will not need to fight in this war. Take your stand, and see the deliverance of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear, nor be shattered. Tomorrow, go out against them, for the LORD will be with you.
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King James Version
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.THE KEY
The deliverance you are told to see is already with you before you go out.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks into the conflict already in front of you: the LORD’s deliverance is with you. You stand and see before you go out tomorrow, and the LORD remains with you in that movement. The opposition remains, but the source of victory is not your strength alone.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
That the outcome depends entirely on your ability to win by fighting first.
THE ROOT
יְשׁוּעַת
yeshuat
GROWS FROM
ישע
yasha
To deliver, bringing someone out of constriction.
“salvation” in this verse is yeshuat. The Hebrew word here is יְשׁוּעָה (yeshuah), deliverance: more than an abstract state, it names being brought out. The verse says this deliverance is with you before the battle begins, while the opposition is still present.
ALSO GROWS
yeshuah: Deliverance
יְשׁוּעָה
This noun shares the root and names the deliverance the verse says you can see.
moshia: One who delivers
מוֹשִׁיעַ
This branch names the one who brings someone out, illuminating the verse’s focus on the LORD’s action.
THE PATTERN
When opposition exceeds your force, deliverance is located in God’s active presence while you remain present to what comes next.
And Moses said to the people, Do not fear, take your stand, and see the deliverance of the LORD, which he will do for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again for the ages.Release your grip, and perceive that I AM God; I am lifted high among the nations, I am lifted high in the earth.What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?THE THREAD
And Moses said to the people, Do not fear, take your stand, and see the deliverance of the LORD, which he will do for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again for the ages.The Hebrew behind “salvation” in both verses comes from ישע (yasha), deliverance. One scene faces the sea and the other a battle, yet both tell you to see the LORD’s deliverance while the threat is still in view.
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