^{7 Ref} And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!

^{8 Ref} Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

^{9 Ref} For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

^{10 Ref} And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?

^{11 Ref} Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.