Joshua 7:5-7

Tree of Life Version

⁵ The men of Ai struck down about 36 of their men, and they chased them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim,^[a] striking them down on the slope. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

⁶ Joshua then tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of Adonai until evening, both he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads. ⁷ “Alas, Adonai Elohim!” Joshua said. “Why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan? Is it to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites—to destroy us? If only we had been content and dwelled beyond the Jordan!