Josué 2:9

9 —Sé que el Señor
les ha dado esta tierra. Todos tenemos miedo de ustedes. Cada habitante de esta tierra vive aterrorizado.

Josué 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:9

And she said unto the men
The two spies:

I know that the Lord hath given you the land;
the land of Canaan, of which she was an inhabitant, and in which they now were; this she knew either by some tradition that was among them; or by divine revelation, a supernatural impulse upon her mind: or by observing what the Lord had done already, in putting the land of the Amorites into their hands, which were one of the seven nations of Canaan; and by this it also appears, and more clearly by what follows, that she had knowledge of the Lord God, the God of Israel:

and that your terror is fallen upon us;
which was another token or sign by which she knew the land would be delivered to them; that they who were a formidable people, and struck terror into others, now were terrified themselves, at the rumour of Israel being come to invade them; this was what the Lord said should be the case, ( Deuteronomy 11:25 ) ;

and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you;
or "melt" ^F6, like wax before the fire, as Moses had predicted, ( Exodus 15:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (wgmn) "liquefacti sunt", Montanus, Piscator.

Josué 2:9 In-Context

7 Entonces los hombres del rey buscaron a los espías por todo el camino que lleva a los vados del río Jordán. Y justo después que los hombres del rey se fueron, cerraron la puerta de Jericó.

8 Esa noche, antes de que los espías se durmieran, Rahab subió a la azotea para hablar con ellos. Les dijo:

9 —Sé que el Señor
les ha dado esta tierra. Todos tenemos miedo de ustedes. Cada habitante de esta tierra vive aterrorizado.

10 Pues hemos oído cómo el Señor
les abrió un camino en seco para que atravesaran el mar Rojo
cuando salieron de Egipto. Y sabemos lo que les hicieron a Sehón y a Og, los dos reyes amorreos al oriente del río Jordán, cuyos pueblos ustedes destruyeron por completo.

11 ¡No es extraño que nuestro corazón esté lleno de temor! A nadie le queda valor para pelear después de oír semejantes cosas. Pues el Señor
su Dios es el Dios supremo arriba, en los cielos, y abajo, en la tierra.