Numbers 21:3 (DBY)

Passage

And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them, and their cities. And they called the name of the place Hormah.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:1 And the Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim, and he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

Numbers 21:2 Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

Numbers 21:3 And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them, and their cities. And they called the name of the place Hormah.

Numbers 21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go round the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way;

Numbers 21:5 and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "jehovah", "listened", "voice", "israel", "delivered", "canaanites", and "utterly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah..." into verse 4's "And they journeyed from mount Hor by...", so "called" and "jehovah" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.