But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
But your children, who you said would be captured and destroyed, I will bring them into the land, and they will experience the land that you have rejected.
God is saying that the children of the Israelites will inherit the Promised Land that their parents rejected out of fear.
📚 Historical Context
This comes after the Israelites refused to enter the Promised Land because they feared the giants living there, despite God's promises to give them victory. The adult generation had complained that their children would become prey to their enemies if they tried to conquer the land. As punishment for their lack of faith, God declared that the fearful adults would die in the wilderness, but their children would inherit what the parents had rejected.
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