Judges 2:21

Translations

Modern

I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

Traditional

I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

Literal

I also will not continue to dispossess any before their faces from the nations that Joshua left when he died,

Latin

…et ego non delebo gentes, quas dimisit Josue, et mortuus est:

Original

Hebrew

English

I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

Notes

Judges 2:20–23

The remaining Canaanites and their religion tempted the Israelites, offering an alternative to following the Lord and his covenant. God knew and even planned this outcome (compare Judges 3:4), but he does not set his people up to sin (James 1:12–15). Temptations are everywhere, but the choice to obey God or give in to temptation is up to those who claim to know him. Israel had a duty to fully possess the land, but God, not humans, decides victory or failure.

Judges 2:6–3:6

The second prologue continues from the events of Joshua 23–24 (see study note on Judges 1:1–3:6). It introduces a third generation (Judges 2:10) who did not personally witness the Lord’s mighty acts.

Events

Deliverance by Othnielc. 1410 BC

Related verses

Joshua 23:13
…know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
Judges 2:3
So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
Ezekiel 20:24
For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
Judges 3:3
…the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

People

Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Glossary

Judges, Book of Reward

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Design of Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun: The Israelites Wickedly Worshiped in the Time of the Judges Israel: Under the Judges: People Turn to Idolatry The Canaanites: Part of Left: To Try Israel

Judges 2:21

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