Joshua 7:9
The 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?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?
10And the Lord said to Josue: Arise, why liest thou flat on the ground?
Cross References
Numbers 14:13And Moses said to the Lord: That the Egyptians, from the midst of whom thou hast brought forth this people,
Deuteronomy 32:26I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.
Psalms 83:4They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.
Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.
Psalms 124:2Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.
Ezekiel 36:22Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went.
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 →