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Joshua 7:8

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Excuse me, Lord, but what can I say now that Israel has turned tail and run away from its enemies?

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But now, our God, what do we have to say for ourselves after all this? For we have given up following your commands

You made us run from our enemies, and those who hate us have taken whatever they wanted.

You have repelled his sharp sword; you have not helped him in battle.

I will climb my watchtower; I will take my place on the city wall. I will keep watch and see what he will say to me, how he will answer my grievances.

Joshua cried, “Why, oh why, Lord God, did you bring us across the Jordan River only to hand us over to the Amorites for them to destroy us? We should have been satisfied to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

The Canaanites and everyone living in the land will come and surround us and wipe us out so completely that even our name will be forgotten. Then what will happen to your great reputation?”

When the Israelite army returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord defeat us before the Philistines today? Let's go and get the Ark of the Lord's Agreement from Shiloh, so that he can accompany us and save us from our enemies.”




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