Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Their defense is departed, х Caar (H5493) tsilaam (H6738)] - their shadow is turned, is departed. The departing of the shadow was regarded as an indication of some evil. The Sultan of Turkey and the Shah of Persia are called 'the shadow of God,' 'the refuge of the world.' So that the meaning of the phrase, "their defense is departed" from them, is, that the favour of God was now lost to those whose iniquities were full (Genesis 15:16), and transferred to the Israelites.