Bible verse
“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
Exodus 17:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 17.
12 When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
13 So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
16 “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
KJV
For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.
ASV
And he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
ERV
and he said, The LORD hath sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
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