for Yahweh our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who did these great signs in our sight and kept us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.
Joshua 24:15 If it is evil in your sight to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
Joshua 24:16 And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh to serve other gods;
Joshua 24:17 for Yahweh our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who did these great signs in our sight and kept us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.
Joshua 24:18 And Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. We also will serve Yahweh, for He is our God.”
Joshua 24:19 Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve Yahweh, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.
The verse centers on "yahweh", "brought", "fathers", "land", "egypt", "house", "slavery", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And the people answered and said Far..." into verse 18's "And Yahweh drove out from before us...", so "yahweh" and "brought" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.