约书亚记 7:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約書亞說：“唉！主耶和華啊，你為甚麼領這人民過約旦河，為要把我們交在亞摩利人的手中，使我們滅亡呢？我們寧願住在約旦河那邊倒好。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 书 亚 说 ： 哀 哉 ！ 主 耶 和 华 阿 ， 你 为 甚 麽 竟 领 这 百 姓 过 约 但 河 ， 将 我 们 交 在 亚 摩 利 人 的 手 中 ， 使 我 们 灭 亡 呢 ？ 我 们 不 如 住 在 约 但 河 那 边 倒 好 。

Contextual Overview

⁶ Then Joshua tore his clothes in sorrow. He bowed facedown on the ground before the Ark of the Lord and stayed there until evening. The leaders of Israel did the same thing. They also threw dirt on their heads to show their sorrow. ⁷ Then Joshua said, "Lord God , you brought our people across the Jordan River. Why did you bring us this far and then let the Amorites destroy us? We would have been happy to stay on the other side of the Jordan. ⁸ Lord, there is nothing I can say now. Israel has been beaten by the enemy. ⁹ The Canaanites and all the other people in this country will hear about this and will surround and kill us all! Then what will you do for your own great name?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wherefore: Exodus 5:22, Exodus 5:23, Numbers 14:3, 2 Kings 3:10, Psalms 116:11, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 12:2, Hebrews 12:5

to deliver: Exodus 14:11, Exodus 14:12, Exodus 17:3, Numbers 20:4, Numbers 20:5, Matthew 17:17, Matthew 17:20, Mark 8:17, Mark 8:18

would to: Exodus 16:3

and dwelt: Joshua 1:2-4

Reciprocal: Numbers 32:5 - bring us Deuteronomy 9:28 - Because Joshua 8:1 - Fear not Judges 20:28 - Shall I yet Judges 21:3 - why is Psalms 44:15 - confusion Isaiah 26:18 - we have not Jeremiah 45:3 - added Luke 13:8 - let 2 Corinthians 11:1 - Would

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will make an agreement with you—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will all go into the boat.

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.

Genesis 7:13
On that same day Noah and his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives went into the boat.

Genesis 7:15
Every creature that had the breath of life came to Noah in the boat in groups of two.

Proverbs 22:3
The wise see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and get into trouble.

Matthew 24:38
In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married, until the day Noah entered the boat.

Luke 17:27
People were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving their children to be married until the day Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed them all.

Hebrews 6:18
These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.

Hebrews 11:7
It was by faith that Noah heard God's warnings about things he could not yet see. He obeyed God and built a large boat to save his family. By his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and he became one of those who are made right with God through faith.

1 Peter 3:20
who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for them while Noah was building the boat. Only a few people—eight in all—were saved by water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua said, alas! O Lord God,.... What a miserable and distressed condition are we in! have pity and compassion on us; who could have thought it, that this would have been our case?

wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us: who are mentioned either for the whole people of the land of Canaan; or rather, because the people of Israel were now in that part of the country which they inhabited: these words discover much weakness, diffidence, and distrust, and bear some likeness to the murmurs of the children of Israel in the wilderness; but not proceeding from that malignity of spirit theirs did, but from a concern for the good of the people and the glory of God, they are not resented by him:

would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan; in which he seems to cast the blame, not upon the Lord but upon himself and the people, who were not content to dwell on the other side, but were desirous of a larger and better country; and now ruin seemed to be the consequent of that covetous disposition and discontented mind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 7:7. Alas, O Lord God — Particles of exclamations and distress, or what are called interjections, are nearly the same in all languages: and the reason is because they are the simple voice of nature. The Hebrew word which we translate alas is אהה ahah. The complaint of Joshua in this and the following verses seems principally to have arisen from his deep concern for the glory of God, and the affecting interest he took in behalf of the people: he felt for the thousands of Israel, whom he considered as abandoned to destruction: and he felt for the glory of God, for he knew should Israel be destroyed God's name would be blasphemed among the heathen; and his expostulations with his Maker, which have been too hastily blamed by some, as savouring of too great freedom and impatience are founded on God's own words, Deuteronomy 32:26-27, and on the practice of Moses himself, who had used similar expressions on a similar occasion; see Exodus 5:22-23; Numbers 14:13-18.