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Joshua 7:8

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O Lord, what can I say now that [the army of] Israel has turned back [in retreat and fled] before their enemies?

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“Now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned (turned away from) Your commandments,

You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.

I will stand at my guard post And station myself on the tower; And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me, And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.

Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why have You brought this people across the Jordan at all, only to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to live beyond the Jordan!

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear about it, and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name [to keep it from dishonor]?”

When the people (soldiers) came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, so that He may come among us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”




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