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Joshua 7:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?

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And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.




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