And Joshua said, “Oh, Lord [a]God! Why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan, only to hand us over to the Amorites, to eliminate us? If only we had been willing [b]to live beyond the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their [c]back before their enemies?

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Joshua 7:7 Lit and had lived
  3. Joshua 7:8 Lit neck

And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies?

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