Zechariah 8:2:
"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury."
Zechariah 2:8-9:
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
What happened to David when he came out against that armored giant with nothing more than five rocks saying, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin [guns]. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied” (1 Samuel 17:45)? He flat out killed that huge enemy of whom all the armies were afraid.
Did God rebuke him and tell him he was mocking God? Hardly. God promoted him. He was a man after God’s own heart who God ratified and made king of Israel.
The same one who said, “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses [the flesh, your own self effort]: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God” (Psalm 20:7) was the same one that said, “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman wakes but in vain” (Psalm 127:1).
Except the Lord watch over me, I’m done. Except the Lord watch over you, you’re done. And except the Lord watch over America, she is done.