<p class="poetry">They rejected the fruitful land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not believe his promise.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">because they did not have faith in God,p> <p class="poetry">and did not trust his ability to deliver them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Despite all this, they continued to sin,p> <p class="poetry">and did not trust him to do amazing things.<n id="1" />p>

But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors,<n id="1" /> who had not trusted the <sc>Lordsc> their God.

<p class="bodytext">Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: &#8220;Listen to me, you people of Judah<n id="1" /> and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the <sc>Lordsc> your God and you will be safe!<n id="2" /> Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.&#8221;

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1500; (<i>Lamedi>)p> <p class="poetry">Neither the kings of the earthp> <p class="poetry">nor the people of the lands<n id="1" /> ever thought<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">that enemy or foe would enterp> <p class="poetry">the gates<n id="3" /> of Jerusalem.<n id="4" />p>