^17 (A)So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the Lord may ^(B)turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and ^[a]multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,

Defeat at Ai

7 But the children of Israel ^[a]committed a ^(A)trespass regarding the ^(B)accursed^[b] things, for ^(C)Achan the son of Carmi, the son of ^[c]Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.