Joshua and the elders mourn

6Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of Yahweh until evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.

7And Joshua said, “Ah, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people across the Jordan at all—to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan!”

8Please, Lord, what can I say after Israel has turned its back before its enemies?

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