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For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”

Joshua 7:9 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયહોશુઆ ૭:૯
માટે કનાનીઓ અને દેશના સર્વ રહેવાસીઓ તે વિષે સાંભળશે. તેઓ અમને ચારેબાજુથી ઘેરી લેશે અને પૃથ્વી પરથી અમારો નાશ થશે. પછી તમે તમારા મહાન નામ વિષે શું કરશો?”
हिन्दीयहोशू ७:९
क्योंकि कनानी वरन् इस देश के सब निवासी यह सुनकर हमको घेर लेंगे, और हमारा नाम पृथ्वी पर से मिटा डालेंगे; फिर तू अपने बड़े नाम के लिये क्या करेगा?”

In context

7Joshua said, “Alas, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!

8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?

9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”

10The LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?

11Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.

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