⁷ 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! ⁸ Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? ⁹ The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth.^(C) What then will you do for your own great name?^(D)”

¹⁰ The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? ¹¹ Israel has sinned;^(E) they have violated my covenant,^(F) which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied,^(G) they have put them with their own possessions.^{(H) 12} That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies;^(I) they turn their backs^(J) and run^(K) because they have been made liable to destruction.^(L) I will not be with you anymore^(M) unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.