Yosua 7:8

7:8 If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated ¹  before its enemies?

Yosua 7:12

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ²  I will no longer be with you, ³  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ⁴ 

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “turned [the] back.”

[7:12]  ² tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

[7:12]  ³ tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

[7:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”