Joshua 7:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷ Then Joshua said:

Our Lord, did you bring us across the Jordan River just so the Amorites could destroy us? This wouldn't have happened if we had agreed to stay on the other side of the Jordan. ⁸ I don't even know what to say to you, since Israel's army has turned and run from the enemy. ⁹ Everyone will think you weren't strong enough to protect your people. Now the Canaanites and everyone else who lives in the land will surround us and wipe us out.