28. Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”
29. Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.
30. The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,
31. and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”
32. In spite of this, you did not trust in the Lord your God,