2 Chronicles 20:12 (YLT)

Passage

`O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee <FI>are<Fi> our eyes.'

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:10 `And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

2 Chronicles 20:11 and lo, they are recompensing to us--to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.

2 Chronicles 20:12 `O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee <FI>are<Fi> our eyes.'

2 Chronicles 20:13 And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.

2 Chronicles 20:14 And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dost", "thou", "execute", "judgment", "upon", "power", "before", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dost" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "and lo they are recompensing to us--to..." into verse 13's "And all Judah are standing before Jehovah...", so "dost" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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