Ay, ay, ay, ay canta y no llores Porque cantando se alegran, Cielito Lindo, los corazones Ay, ay, ay, ay sing and don't cry because singing will make happy, heavenly pretty, the hearts Believe me, when Joshua first heard about what happened at AI, he sang a different song: AI AI AI AI, man we’ve got troubles! No pretty sky no singing wives will fill our heart with joy. Not to make light of what happened at AI, but I find it interesting that there is a line of women’s designer clothes named after the city. Ai Ai Gasa is a Brooklyn-based clothing line cut from recycled umbrellas. Found, plucked, stripped, washed, cut and styled. We love, love umbrellas, especially when they are re-fashioned into puff-a-lump forms. Rain or shine. Well, when Joshua heard the report of the defeat at AI, he probably felt as if he had been plucked, stripped, washed and cut. The wound went deep into his soul. Joshua’s Reaction to Defeat Joshua 7:6 (ESV) Then Joshua tore his clothes and 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 dust on their heads. AI only 12 Miles From Jericho From the great victory of Jericho it was only a twelve mile journey for Israel to find defeat at AI. It was a stronghold of the ungodly Amorites. The scenery is beautiful, with mountains nearby. It was between AI and Bethel that Abraham pitched his tent and offered sacrifices to Jehovah God. Now it was a city full of debauchery, witchcraft and idol worship. What happened? Israel did a māʿal maʿal. Specifically Achan did a maal maal. Ezekiel 18:24 explains the maal maal principle: Ezekiel 18:24 (KJV) But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, (maal maal) and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. In almost all the bi...