18:25a So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it?

Moreover, do you think I have marched up to destroy this place without Yahweh’s command/permission?

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In addition, I would not have attacked this country if Yahweh had not told me to.

18:25b The LORD Himself said to me,

Yahweh himself directed me

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But Yahweh himself said to me,

18:25c ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

to come up to this land and destroy it.”

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‘Attack that ⌊Judah⌋ country and destroy it.’”

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