Verse 6

They will attack us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say,‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 14:3 : 3 Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites,‘They are wandering around confused in the land– the desert has closed in on them.’
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said,‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
• Judg 20:32 : 32 Then the Benjaminites said,“They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said,“Let’s retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads.”
• Eccl 8:11 : 11 When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
• Eccl 9:12 : 12 Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare– just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.