Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Joshua 7:9
What wilt thou do unto thy great name? - i. e. "after the Canaanites have cut off our name what will become of Thy Name?" This bold expostulation, that of one wrestling in sore need with God in prayer, like the similar appeals of Moses in earlier emergencies (Compare the marginal references), is based upon God' s past promises and mercies. What would be said of (God by the pagan if now He permitted Israel to be destroyed?
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Joshua 7:9:
1 Kings 8:42
Joel 2:17
Micah 1:2
Malachi 1:11
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