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They said, “We aren’t afraid of the Israelites. Indeed, these people don’t have the power or strength for making war.
But of late returning to the Lord their God, from the different places wherein they were scattered, they are come together and are gone up into all these mountains, and possess Jerusalem again, where their holies are.
Why should we be afraid of these Israelites? they asked. They are weak; they can't put up a strong defense.
“We are not afraid of the Israelites,” they said, “for they are a powerless people, incapable of a strong defense.
“We are not afraid of the Israelites,” they said. “They are a powerless people who are incapable of withstanding a strong attack.
They said, ‘We are not afraid of the Israelites; they are a people with no strength or power for making war.
They said, ‘We are not afraid of the Israelites; they are a people with no strength or power for making war.
They said, “We are not afraid of the Israelites; they are a people with no strength or power for making war.
They said, “We are not afraid of the Israelites; they are a people with no strength or power for making war.
“For,” they said, “we will not be afraid of the Israelites; they are a people with no strength or power for making war.
“For,” they said, “we will not be afraid of the Israelites; they are a people with no strength or power for making war.
But a while ago they (re)turned again to the Lord their God, and they were gathered together from the scattering, in which they were scattered; and now they have gone up into all these hilly places, and again they have Jerusalem in possession, where the holy of holy things be (or where the Temple is). [Forsooth not yore ago, turned again to the Lord their God, from the scattering that they were scattered, they be gathered into one; and they went up (into) all these mountains, and again wielded Jerusalem where be the holy things of hallows.]
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