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Joshua 7:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

What can I say, Lord, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

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Now, our God, what can we say in light of this? For we have abandoned the commands

You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves.

You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.

I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the lookout tower. I will watch to see what He will say to me and what I should reply about my complaint.

“Oh, Lord God,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do about Your great name? ”

When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh. Then it will go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”




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