Verse 3

Judges 2:3

English Revised Version

3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/גַ֣ם אָמַ֔רְתִּי לֹֽא אֲגָרֵ֥שׁ אוֹתָ֖/ם מִ/פְּנֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/הָי֤וּ לָ/כֶם֙ לְ/צִדִּ֔ים וֵ/אלֹ֣הֵי/הֶ֔ם יִהְי֥וּ לָ/כֶ֖ם לְ/מוֹקֵֽשׁ
English Translation
And I also said that I will not drive them out from before you, and they will be to you for sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.
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Chapter 2 Context
1 And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egy... Focus ↗
2 and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars: b... Focus ↗
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in you...
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, t... Focus ↗
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. Focus ↗
6 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance... Focus ↗
7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived... Focus ↗
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. Focus ↗
9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephrai... Focus ↗
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation af... Focus ↗
11 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baalim: Focus ↗
12 and they forsook the LORD, the God (Elohim) of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of... Focus ↗
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. Focus ↗
14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoile... Focus ↗
15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken,... Focus ↗
16 And the LORD raised up judges, which saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. Focus ↗
17 And yet they hearkened not unto their judges, for they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed th... Focus ↗
18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the... Focus ↗
19 But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than t... Focus ↗
20 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgre... Focus ↗
21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he d... Focus ↗
22 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as thei... Focus ↗
23 So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the... Focus ↗