Joshua 7:8

My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

In Context

7And Josue said: Alas, O Lord God, why wouldst thou bring this people over the river Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite, and to destroy us? would God, we had stayed beyond the Jordan as we began.

9The Chanaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and being gathered together will surround us and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?

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Cross References

Psalms 89:43Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Romans 3:5But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:7-10

6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God , wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the… Read the whole commentary →

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