And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
And now, look—the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are here. These are the same nations you wouldn't let Israel attack when they came out of Egypt. Instead, Israel turned away from them and didn't destroy them.
The writer is pointing out that the very nations God once protected from Israel's conquest are now attacking Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of King Jehoshaphat's prayer when a coalition of enemies threatened Judah around 853 BC. He's reminding God that when Israel came out of Egypt centuries earlier, God had commanded them not to attack these particular nations (Deuteronomy 2:4-19) because they were distant relatives through Lot and Esau. Now these same protected peoples were turning against God's people.
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