Judges 2
2
The Angel of the Lord at Bokim
1The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land I promised to give your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my agreement with you. 2But you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You must destroy their altars.’ But you did not obey me. How could you do this? 3Now I tell you, ‘I will not force out the people in this land. They will be your enemies, and their gods will be a trap for you.’ ”
4After the angel gave Israel this message from the Lord, they cried loudly. 5So they named the place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
Joshua Dies
6Then Joshua sent the people back to their land. 7The people served the Lord during the lifetime of Joshua and during the lifetimes of the elders who lived after Joshua and who had seen what great things the Lord had done for Israel. 8Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred ten. 9They buried him in his own land at Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
The People Disobey
10After those people had died, their children grew up and did not know the Lord or what he had done for Israel. 11So they did what the Lord said was wrong, and they worshiped the Baal idols. 12They quit following the Lord, the God of their ancestors who had brought them out of Egypt. They began to worship the gods of the people who lived around them, and that made the Lord angry. 13The Israelites quit following the Lord and worshiped Baal and Ashtoreth. 14The Lord was angry with the people of Israel, so he handed them over to robbers who took their possessions. He let their enemies who lived around them defeat them; they could not protect themselves. 15When the Israelites went out to fight, they always lost, because the Lord was not with them. The Lord had sworn to them this would happen. So the Israelites suffered very much.
God Chooses Judges
16Then the Lord chose leaders called judges, who saved the Israelites from the robbers. 17But the Israelites did not listen to their judges. They were not faithful to God but worshiped other gods instead. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord’s commands, but they quickly turned away and did not obey. 18When their enemies hurt them, the Israelites cried for help. So the Lord felt sorry for them and sent judges to save them from their enemies. The Lord was with those judges all their lives. 19But when the judges died, the Israelites again sinned and worshiped other gods. They became worse than their ancestors. The Israelites were very stubborn and refused to change their evil ways.
20So the Lord became angry with the Israelites. He said, “These people have broken the agreement I made with their ancestors. They have not listened to me. 21I will no longer defeat the nations who were left when Joshua died. 22I will use them to test Israel, to see if Israel will keep the Lord’s commands as their ancestors did.” 23In the past the Lord had permitted those nations to stay in the land. He did not quickly force them out or help Joshua’s army defeat them.
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Judges 2
2
Israel Disobeys Yahweh
1And the angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up from Egypt, and I brought you to the land that I had promised to your ancestors.#Or “fathers” I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you. 2And as for you, do not make a covenant#Literally “cut a covenant” with the inhabitants of this land; break down their altars.’ But you did not listen to my voice. Why would you do such a thing?#Literally “What is this thing you have done?” 3Now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; they will become as thorns#Or “become snares;” some ancient manuscripts read “be adversaries” for you, and their gods will be a trap for you.” 4And as the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” the people wept bitterly.#Literally “lifted up their voices and they wept” 5And they called the name of this place Bokim,#“Bokim” means “weepers” and there they sacrificed to Yahweh.
Joshua Dies
6And Joshua sent the people away, and the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” went each to their#Hebrew “his” own inheritance to take possession of the land. 7And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who saw all the great work Yahweh had done for Israel. 8And Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahweh, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.#Literally “a son of one hundred and ten years” 9They buried him within the border of his inheritance in Timnah-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash. 10Moreover, that entire generation was gathered to their#Hebrew “his” ancestors,#Or “fathers” and another generation grew up after them who did not know Yahweh or the work he had done for Israel.#Judges 2:6–10 is repeated in Joshua 24:28–31
Israel Worships the Baals
11The Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and they served#Or “they worshiped” the Baals. 12They abandoned Yahweh the God of their ancestors,#Or “fathers” who brought them out from the land of Egypt. They followed#Literally “went after” other gods from the gods of the people who were around them; and they bowed down to them, and they provoked the anger of Yahweh. 13They abandoned Yahweh, and they served Baal and the Ashtaroth. 14So the anger of Yahweh was kindled#Literally “The nose of Yahweh became hot” against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of plunderers; and they plundered them, and he sold them into the hand of their enemies from all sides. They were unable to withstand their enemies any longer. 15Whenever#Literally “At all that” they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them to harm them, just as Yahweh warned, and just as Yahweh had sworn to them. And they were very distressed.#Literally “it was very cramped for them”
16Then Yahweh raised up leaders,#Or “judges” and they delivered them from the hand of their plunderers. 17But they did not listen to their leaders,#Or “judges” but lusted after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned away quickly from the way that their ancestors#Or “fathers” went, who had obeyed the commandment of Yahweh; they did not do as their ancestors. 18And when Yahweh raised leaders#Or “judges” for them, Yahweh was with the leader,#Or “judge” and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the leader,#Or “judge” for Yahweh was moved by their groaning because of their persecutors and oppressors. 19But when the leader#Or “judge” died they relapsed and acted corruptly, more than their ancestors,#Or “fathers” following other gods, serving them,#Or “worshiping them” and bowing down to them. They would not give up their deeds or their stubborn ways. 20So the anger of Yahweh burned#Literally “So the nose of Yahweh became hot” against Israel, and he said, “Because this people transgressed my covenant that I commanded their ancestors,#Or “fathers” and have not obeyed my voice, 21I will not again drive out anyone from before them from the nations that Joshua left when he died, 22in order to test Israel whether or not they would observe the way of Yahweh, to walk in it just as their ancestors#Or “fathers” did.” 23So Yahweh left those nations; he did not drive them out at once, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
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