Josh.7.5

Joshua 7:5

KJV

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

The Defeat at Ai

Cross References

Leviticus 26:36

KJVGOD

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Punishments for Disobedience

Penalties of Disobedience

Joshua 2:11

KJV

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

The Promise to Rahab

Rahab Shelters Spies

Psalm 22:14

KJV

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

The Psalm of the Cross

Psalm 58:7

KJV

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

God Judges the Earth

Ezekiel 21:7

KJVGOD

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

God’s Sword of Judgment

Parable of the Sword of the LORD

Nahum 2:10

KJV

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.