1 The Angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bochim where the Israelites were gathered, and he said to them, "I made you go up from Egypt and brought you to the land I had promised your fathers. I said to them, 'Never will I break my covenant with you,
2 but you shall not make any covenant with the Canaanites and shall destroy their altars.' But you have not obeyed my command. Why did you not obey me?
3 Now, I will not drive out these nations before you. They shall be your oppressors and their gods shall be a trap for you."
4 After the Angel of Yahweh had spoken, all the Israelites began to weep and cry.
5 For this reason, they named that place Bochim, which means "those who weep," and they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
6 When Joshua dismissed the Israelites, each one of them went to his inheritance to occupy the land.
7 The people served Yahweh during the lifetime of Joshua and of the leaders who outlived him, and who had witnessed all the great works of Yahweh for Israel.
8 Joshua, son of Nun, the servant of Moses, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.
9 They buried him at the boundary of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
10 That whole generation died and another one came, but they did not know Yahweh or what he had done for Israel.
11 The Israelites treated Yahweh badly for they served the Baals instead.
12 They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers who had brought them out of Egypt, and served other gods, the gods of the neighboring peoples. They bowed before those gods and offended Yahweh.
13 When Yahweh saw that they had abandoned him to serve Baal and Ashtaroth,
14 he became angry with his people and gave them into the hands of plunderers who left them in misery. He himself sold them to their enemies who completely surrounded the Israelites, so that these Israelites could no longer withstand them.
15 Whenever they felt strong for an offensive, Yahweh would turn against them and send evil upon them, as he had warned them and sworn to do. And this caused much distress and anguish for the Israelites.
16 Yahweh raised up "judges" (or liberators) who saved the Israelites from their exploiters.
17 But neither did they obey those "judges" for they still prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They soon left the way of their fathers who obeyed the commandments of Yahweh; they did not follow the way of their fathers.
18 When Yahweh made a judge appear among his people, Yahweh was with him and saved them from their enemies. That lasted as long as the judge lived, for Yahweh was moved to pity by the lament of his people who were oppressed and persecuted.
19 But when the judge died, they again became worse than their fathers - worshiping and serving other gods. They would not renounce their pagan practices and stubborn ways.
20 Yahweh was angry and he said, "These people broke the Covenant I made with their fathers and they refuse to obey me.
21 Well now, neither shall I drive out before them any of the nations left when Joshua died.
22 And I shall test the Israelites through those nations; then I shall know if they will finally follow my ways as their fathers did."
23 So Yahweh left those nations in their place and did not take the land immediately from them. This was also why he did not give them into the hands of Joshua.
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Judges 2 reports Joshua's death and the followers' lack of leadership, leading the people to apostasy and idolatry. God will be wrained with the disobedience of the people and allows them to suffer in the hands of their enemies. In response to his prayers, God raises judges to free them from oppression.
Deuteronomy 31:16: "And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, you are to sleep with your parents; and this people will rise, and will prostitute themselves with the strange gods of the earth, where they go, in the midst of it; and leave me , and will nullify my pact, which I have done with it. " This verse portrays God's prediction that the people of Israel would move away from Him and turn to the strange gods, which is precisely what happens in judges 2.
Judges 2:11-12: "Then the children of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baalins. And they left the Lord, God of his parents, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after Other gods, among the gods of the peoples around them, and prostrate themselves to them, and caused the wrath of the Lord. " These verses are a direct description of the disobedience of the people of Israel to God and how they turned to other gods, which provoked the wrath of the Lord.
Judges 2:14: "Then the wrath of the Lord lit against Israel, and he handed them into the hands of the whitters who stripped them; and sold them into the hands of their enemies around, so they could no longer resist before their enemies anymore. . " Here we see God's answer to Israel's disobedience: He allows them to suffer in the hands of their enemies.
Judges 2:16: "And lifted the Lord who delivered them from the hand of those who stripped them." Here we see God's answer to Israel's prayers: He raises judges to free them from oppression.
1 Samuel 12:10: "And they cried to the Lord and said, We sin, for we leave the Lord and serve the Baalins and Astarotes, now therefore delivers us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you." This verse portrays the correct answer of the people of Israel to oppression: they cry to God and repent of their disobedience, promising to serve Him.
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