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Yahweh said to Joshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen on your face?
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Time for Action, Not Just Anguish
Commentators agree that God's command to Joshua is not a rejection of his prayer, but a call to move beyond despair and take action. Scholars like Calvin and Gill note that while lament is appropriate, God shows that there comes a point where investigation and obedience are the required next steps. Prayer must be followed by action.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God’s answer is given directly, and in terms of reproof. Joshua must not lie helpless before God; the cause of the calamity was to be discovered.
19th Century
Anglican
Wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? —“Why is this, that you are fallen upon your face? Israel hath sinn…
16th Century
Protestant
And the Lord said to Joshua, etc. God does not reprimand Joshua absolutely for lying prostrate on the ground and lamenting the overthrow o…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to Joshua, get you up From the ground where he lay prostrate, with his face to it: this he said, n…
God awakens Joshua to inquiry, by telling him that when this accursed thing was put away, all would be well. Times of danger and trouble should be …
