1 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you into the land which I swore to give to your fathers. I said, `I will never break my covenant with you,
2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not obeyed my command. What is this you have done?
3 So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you."
4 When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the LORD.
6 When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land.
7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work which the LORD had done for Israel.
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.
9 And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Tim'nath-he'res, in the hill country of E'phraim, north of the mountain of Ga'ash.
10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, who did not know the LORD or the work which he had done for Israel.
11 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Ba'als;
12 and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.
13 They forsook the LORD, and served the Ba'als and the Ash'taroth.
14 So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them; and he sold them into the power of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had warned, and as the LORD had sworn to them; and they were in sore straits.
16 Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the power of those who plundered them.
17 And yet they did not listen to their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed down to them; they soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the LORD, and they did not do so.
18 Whenever the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.
19 But whenever the judge died, they turned back and behaved worse than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them; they did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.
20 So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel; and he said, "Because this people have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not obeyed my voice,
21 I will not henceforth drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died,
22 that by them I may test Israel, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the LORD as their fathers did, or not."
23 So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power 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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