Joshua 7:9
And when the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
8And what shall I say since Israel has turned his back before his enemy?
10And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face?
Cross References
Numbers 14:13And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for thou hast brought up this people from them by thy might.
Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I will scatter them, 1 And I will cause their memorial to cease from among men. 1
Psalms 83:4Yea, the sparrow has found himself a home, 1 And the turtledove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, 1 Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, 1 My King, and my God. 1
Psalms 106:6Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, 1 And he delivered them out of their distresses. 1
Psalms 124:2The mountains are round about her, 1 And so the Lord is round about his people, 1 From henceforth and even forever. 1
Ezekiel 36:22Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; I do not this, O house of Israel, for your sakes, but because of my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, among whom ye 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 →