Joshua 7:9
For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall compasse vs, and destroy our name out of the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy mightie Name?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turne their backes before their enemies?
10And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp: wherefore lyest thou thus vpon thy face?
Cross References
Numbers 14:13But Moses saide vnto the Lord, When the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people by thy power from among them)
Deuteronomy 32:26I haue said, I would scatter them abroade: I would make their remembrance to cease from among men,
Psalms 83:4They haue said, Come and let vs cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.
Psalms 106:6We haue sinned with our fathers: we haue committed iniquitie, and done wickedly.
Psalms 124:2If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,
Ezekiel 36:22Therfore say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith ye Lord God, I doe not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy Names sake, which yee polluted among the heathen whither 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 →