
Text -- Joshua 7:7 (NET)




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Wesley -> Jos 7:7
Wesley: Jos 7:7 - -- This and the following clause, tho' well intended, yet favour of human infirmity, and fall short of that reverence and modesty, and submission, which ...
This and the following clause, tho' well intended, yet favour of human infirmity, and fall short of that reverence and modesty, and submission, which he owed to God; and are mentioned as instances that the holy men of God were subject to like passions and infirmities with other men.
JFB -> Jos 7:6-9
JFB: Jos 7:6-9 - -- It is evident, from those tokens of humiliation and sorrow, that a solemn fast was observed on this occasion. The language of Joshua's prayer is thoug...
It is evident, from those tokens of humiliation and sorrow, that a solemn fast was observed on this occasion. The language of Joshua's prayer is thought by many to savor of human infirmity and to be wanting in that reverence and submission he owed to God. But, although apparently breathing a spirit of bold remonstrance and complaint, it was in reality the effusion of a deeply humbled and afflicted mind, expressing his belief that God could not, after having so miraculously brought His people over Jordan into the promised land, intend to destroy them, to expose them to the insults of their triumphant enemies, and bring reproach upon His own name for inconstancy or unkindness to His people, or inability to resist their enemies. Unable to understand the cause of the present calamity, he owned the hand of God.
Clarke -> Jos 7:7
Clarke: Jos 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...
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
TSK -> Jos 7:7
TSK: Jos 7:7 - -- wherefore : Exo 5:22, Exo 5:23; Num 14:3; 2Ki 3:10; Psa 116:11; Jer 12:1, Jer 12:2; Heb 12:5
to deliver : Exo 14:11, Exo 14:12, Exo 17:3; Num 20:4, Nu...

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Poole -> Jos 7:7
Poole: Jos 7:7 - -- These clauses, though well intended, and offered to God only by way of expostulation and argument, yet do savour of human infirmity, and fall short ...
These clauses, though well intended, and offered to God only by way of expostulation and argument, yet do savour of human infirmity, and fall short of that reverence, and modesty, and submission which he owed to God; and are mentioned as instances that the holy men of God were subject to like passions and infirmities with other men.
Haydock -> Jos 7:7
Haydock: Jos 7:7 - -- Began. Some had established themselves in the land of Galaad. (Menochius) ---
Hebrew, "would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other si...
Began. Some had established themselves in the land of Galaad. (Menochius) ---
Hebrew, "would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan." Josue speaks in this animated manner, through zeal for the glory of God, (Calmet) more than for any personal inconvenience. He was grieved that any one should have merited God's displeasure. He was afraid that the Chanaanites would blaspheme the great name of the Lord, ver. 9.
Gill -> Jos 7:7
Gill: Jos 7:7 - -- 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,...
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.

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TSK Synopsis -> Jos 7:1-26
TSK Synopsis: Jos 7:1-26 - --1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai.6 Joshua's complaint.10 God instructs him what to do.16 Achan is taken by the lot.19 His confession.24 He and all h...
Maclaren -> Jos 7:1-12
Maclaren: Jos 7:1-12 - --Joshua 7:1-12
This passage naturally parts itself into,
1. The hidden sin (Joshua 5:1);
2. The repulse by which it is punished (Joshua 5:2-5);
3. Th...
MHCC -> Jos 7:6-9
MHCC: Jos 7:6-9 - --Joshua's concern for the honour of God, more than even for the fate of Israel, was the language of the Spirit of adoption. He pleaded with God. He lam...
Matthew Henry -> Jos 7:6-9
Matthew Henry: Jos 7:6-9 - -- We have here an account of the deep concern Joshua was in upon this sad occasion. He, as a public person, interested himself more than any other in ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Jos 7:6-7
Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 7:6-7 - --
Joshua and the elders of the people were also deeply affected, not so much at the loss of thirty-six men, as because Israel, which was invincible wi...
Constable -> Jos 5:13--13:1; Jos 7:1-26
Constable: Jos 5:13--13:1 - --C. Possession of the land 5:13-12:24
Before Israel entered the land of Canaan, God had been preparing fo...
