The Fall of Ai

And the Lord said to Joshua, (A)“Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, (B)I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.

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18 (A)you shall not be afraid of them but you shall (B)remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,

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21 See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. (A)Do not fear or be dismayed.’

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And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, (A)I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.

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Have I not commanded you? (A)Be strong and courageous. (B)Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

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It is the Lord (A)who goes before you. He will be with you; (B)he will not leave you or forsake you. (C)Do not fear or be dismayed.”

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26 And he said to them, “Why are you (A)afraid, (B)O you of little faith?” Then he rose and (C)rebuked the winds and the sea, and (D)there was a great calm.

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35 (A)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
    and (B)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
    and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(C)and none can stay his hand
    or (D)say to him, “What have you done?”

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25 (A)that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made (B)to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and (C)seven periods of time shall pass over you, till (D)you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.

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37 You, O king, (A)the king of kings, to whom (B)the God of heaven (C)has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, (D)the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are (E)the head of gold.

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21 (A)He changes times and seasons;
    (B)he removes kings and sets up kings;
(C)he gives wisdom to the wise
    (D)and knowledge to those who have understanding;

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27 (A)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.

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(A)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
(B)when you walk through fire (C)you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.

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10 fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with (A)my righteous right hand.

11 (B)Behold, all who are incensed against you
    shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
    shall be as nothing and shall perish.
12 (C)You shall seek those who contend with you,
    but you shall not find them;
(D)those who war against you
    shall be as nothing at all.
13 For I, the Lord your God,
    hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
    I am the one who helps you.”

14 Fear not, you (E)worm Jacob,
    you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
    your (F)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 (G)Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
    new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh (H)the mountains and crush them,
    and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16 (I)you shall winnow them, and (J)the wind shall carry them away,
    and the tempest shall scatter them.
(K)And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
    in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

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“Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for (A)the Lord God[a] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord

11 (A)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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for not (A)by their own sword did they win the land,
    nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
    and (B)the light of your face,
    (C)for you delighted in them.

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my (B)salvation;
    (C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and (A)cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”

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Then Joshua (A)tore his clothes and (B)fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put (C)dust on their heads. And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, (D)why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!

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