Judges 2

1And the angelH4397 of Jehovah cameH935 up from GilgalH1537 to Bochim. And he saidH559, I madeH7650 you to goH935 up out of EgyptH4714, and have broughtH935 you unto the landH776 which I sware unto your fathersH1; and I saidH559, I will never breakH6565 my covenantH1285 with you: 2and ye shall makeH6213 no covenantH1285 with the inhabitantsH3427 of this landH776; ye shall breakH5422 down their altarsH4196. But ye have not hearkened unto my voiceH6963: whyH4100 have ye done this? 3Wherefore I alsoH1571 saidH559, I will not driveH1644 them out from before you; but they shall beH1961 as thorns in your sidesH6654, and their godsH430 shall beH1961 a snareH4170 unto you. 4And it came to pass, when the angelH4397 of Jehovah spake these wordsH1697 unto all the children of IsraelH3478, that the peopleH5971 liftedH5375 up their voiceH6963, and weptH1058. 5And they calledH7121 the nameH8034 of that placeH4725 Bochim: and they sacrificedH2076 there unto Jehovah.

6Now when JoshuaH3091 had sentH7971 the peopleH5971 awayH7971, the children of IsraelH3478 went every manH376 unto his inheritanceH5159 to possessH3423 the landH776. 7And the peopleH5971 servedH5647 Jehovah all the daysH3117 of JoshuaH3091, and all the daysH3117 of the eldersH2205 that outlived JoshuaH3091, who had seenH7200 all the greatH1419 workH4639 of Jehovah that he had wrought for IsraelH3478. 8And JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126, the servantH5650 of Jehovah, diedH4191, being a hundredH3967 and tenH6235 yearsH8141 old. 9And they buriedH6912 him in the borderH1366 of his inheritanceH5159 in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of EphraimH669, on the northH6828 of the mountainH2022 of GaashH1608. 10And alsoH1571 all that generationH1755 were gatheredH622 unto their fathersH1: and there aroseH6965 another generationH1755 after them, that knewH3045 not Jehovah, nor yet the workH4639 which he had wrought for IsraelH3478.

11And the children of IsraelH3478 did that which was evilH7451 in the sight of Jehovah, and servedH5647 the Baalim; 12and they forsook Jehovah, the GodH430 of their fathersH1, who broughtH3318 them out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and followed otherH312 godsH430, of the godsH430 of the peoplesH5971 that were roundH5439 about them, and bowedH7812 themselves downH7812 unto them: and they provokedH3707 Jehovah to angerH3707. 13And they forsook Jehovah, and servedH5647 BaalH1168 and the AshtarothH6252. 14And the angerH639 of Jehovah was kindled against IsraelH3478, and he delivered them into the handsH3027 of spoilers that despoiled them; and he soldH4376 them into the handsH3027 of their enemiesH341 roundH5439 about, so that they could not any longer standH5975 before their enemiesH341. 15Whithersoever they wentH3318 out, the handH3027 of Jehovah wasH1961 against them for evilH7451, as Jehovah had spokenH1696, and as Jehovah had swornH7650 unto them: and they were sore distressed.

16And Jehovah raisedH6965 up judgesH8199, who savedH3467 them out of the handH3027 of those that despoiled them. 17And yet they hearkened not unto their judgesH8199; for they playedH2181 the harlot after otherH312 godsH430, and bowedH7812 themselves downH7812 unto them: they turnedH5493 asideH5493 quicklyH4118 out of the wayH1870 wherein their fathersH1 walkedH1980, obeying the commandmentsH4687 of Jehovah; but they did not soH3651. 18And when Jehovah raisedH6965 them up judgesH8199, then Jehovah wasH1961 with the judgeH8199, and savedH3467 them out of the handH3027 of their enemiesH341 all the daysH3117 of the judgeH8199: for it repentedH5162 Jehovah because of their groaningH5009 by reason of them that oppressedH3905 them and vexed them. 19But it came to pass, when the judgeH8199 wasH1961 deadH4191, that they turnedH7725 backH7725, and dealt more corruptlyH7843 than their fathersH1, in following otherH312 godsH430 to serveH5647 them, and to bowH7812 downH7812 unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubbornH7186 wayH1870. 20And the angerH639 of Jehovah was kindled against IsraelH3478; and he saidH559, Because this nationH1471 have transgressed my covenantH1285 which I commandedH6680 their fathersH1, and have not hearkened unto my voiceH6963; 21I alsoH1571 will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nationsH1471 that JoshuaH3091 leftH5800 whenH834 he diedH4191; 22that by them I may prove IsraelH3478, whether they will keepH8104 the wayH1870 of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathersH1 did keepH8104 it, or not. 23So Jehovah left those nationsH1471, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the handH3027 of JoshuaH3091.