Judges 2

1And an angelH4397 of the LORDH3068 came upH5927 from GilgalH1537 to BochimH1066, and saidH559, I made you to departH5927 from EgyptH4714, and have broughtH935 you to the landH776 which I sworeH7650 to your fathersH1; and I saidH559, I will neverH5769 breakH6565 my covenantH1285 with you.1 2And ye shall makeH3772 no leagueH1285 with the inhabitantsH3427 of this landH776; ye shall throw downH5422 their altarsH4196: but ye have not obeyedH8085 my voiceH6963: why have ye doneH6213 this? 3Therefore I also saidH559, I will not drive them outH1644 from beforeH6440 you; but they shall be as thorns in your sidesH6654, and their godsH430 shall be a snareH4170 to you. 4And it came to pass, when the angelH4397 of the LORDH3068 spokeH1696 these wordsH1697 to all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, that the peopleH5971 lifted upH5375 their voiceH6963, and weptH1058. 5And they calledH7121 the nameH8034 of that placeH4725 BochimH1066: and they sacrificedH2076 there to the LORDH3068.2

6And when JoshuaH3091 had let the peopleH5971 goH7971, the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 wentH3212 every manH376 to his inheritanceH5159 to possessH3423 the landH776. 7And the peopleH5971 servedH5647 the LORDH3068 all the daysH3117 of JoshuaH3091, and all the daysH3117 of the eldersH2205 that outlivedH748H3117H310 JoshuaH3091, who had seenH7200 all the greatH1419 worksH4639 of the LORDH3068, that he didH6213 for IsraelH3478.3 8And JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126, the servantH5650 of the LORDH3068, diedH4191, being an hundredH3967 and tenH6235 yearsH8141 oldH1121. 9And they buriedH6912 him in the borderH1366 of his inheritanceH5159 in TimnathheresH8556, in the mountH2022 of EphraimH669, on the north sideH6828 of the hillH2022 GaashH1608.4 10And also all that generationH1755 were gatheredH622 to their fathersH1: and there aroseH6965 anotherH312 generationH1755 afterH310 them, which knewH3045 not the LORDH3068, nor yet the worksH4639 which he had doneH6213 for IsraelH3478. 11And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 didH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068, and servedH5647 BaalimH1168: 12And they forsookH5800 the LORDH3068 GodH430 of their fathersH1, who brought them outH3318 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and followedH3212H310 otherH312 godsH430, of the godsH430 of the peopleH5971 that were aroundH5439 them, and bowedH7812 themselves to them, and provoked the LORDH3068 to angerH3707. 13And they forsookH5800 the LORDH3068, and servedH5647 BaalH1168 and AshtarothH6252. 14And the angerH639 of the LORDH3068 was hotH2734 against IsraelH3478, and he deliveredH5414 them into the handsH3027 of spoilersH8154 that spoiledH8155 them, and he soldH4376 them into the handsH3027 of their enemiesH341 aroundH5439 them, so that they couldH3201 not any longerH5750 standH5975 beforeH6440 their enemiesH341. 15Wherever they went outH3318, the handH3027 of the LORDH3068 was against them for evilH7451, as the LORDH3068 had saidH1696, and as the LORDH3068 had swornH7650 to them: and they were greatlyH3966 distressedH3334. 16Nevertheless the LORDH3068 raised upH6965 judgesH8199, who deliveredH3467 them out of the handH3027 of those that spoiledH8154 them.5 17And yet they would not hearkenH8085 to their judgesH8199, but they played the harlot withH2181H310 otherH312 godsH430, and bowedH7812 themselves to them: they turnedH5493 quicklyH4118 out of the wayH1870 which their fathersH1 walked inH1980, obeyingH8085 the commandmentsH4687 of the LORDH3068; but they didH6213 not so. 18And when the LORDH3068 raisedH6965 up judgesH8199 for them, then the LORDH3068 was with the judgeH8199, and deliveredH3467 them out of the handH3027 of their enemiesH341 all the daysH3117 of the judgeH8199: for the LORDH3068 repentedH5162 becauseH6440 of their groaningsH5009 by reason of them that oppressedH3905 them and burdenedH1766 them. 19And it came to pass, when the judgeH8199 was deadH4194, that they returnedH7725, and corruptedH7843 themselves more than their fathersH1, in followingH3212H310 otherH312 godsH430 to serveH5647 them, and to bow downH7812 to them; they ceasedH5307 not from their own doingsH4611, nor from their stubbornH7186 wayH1870.67 20And the angerH639 of the LORDH3068 was hotH2734 against IsraelH3478; and he saidH559, Because that this peopleH1471 hath transgressedH5674 my covenantH1285 which I commandedH6680 their fathersH1, and have not hearkenedH8085 to my voiceH6963; 21I also will not henceforthH3254 drive outH3423H376 from beforeH6440 them any of the nationsH1471 which JoshuaH3091 leftH5800 when he diedH4191: 22That through them I may testH5254 IsraelH3478, whether they will keepH8104 the wayH1870 of the LORDH3068 to walkH3212 in it, as their fathersH1 keptH8104 it, or not. 23Therefore the LORDH3068 leftH3240 those nationsH1471, withoutH1115 driving them outH3423 speedilyH4118; neither did he deliverH5414 them into the handH3027 of JoshuaH3091.8