Joshua 7:9
And when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, they will environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
8I pray thee, O Lord, what shall I say, since Israel have turned their back before their enemies!
10And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou upon thy face.
Cross References
Numbers 14:13And Moses said unto the Lord, But when the Egyptian hear, from the midst of whom thou hast brought up in thy might this people;—
Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would drive them into one corner, I would cause their remembrance to cease from among men:
Psalms 83:4(83:5) They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; and the name of Israel shall be remembered no more.
Psalms 106:6We have sinned together with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Psalms 124:2If it had not been the Lord who was for us, when men rose up against us:
Ezekiel 36:22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Not for your sake do I this, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye are gone.
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 →