Judg 2 | ABEn | STEP | And ascended an angel of the lord from Gilgal, unto the Place of Weeping. And he said to them, The lord transported you from Egypt, and brought you into the land which he swore by an oath to your fathers to give to you. And he said, I shall not efface my covenant with you into the eon.

‏ Judges 2

CHAPTER 2 An Angel Rebukes the House of Israel

1 And ascended an angel of the lord from Gilgal, unto the Place of Weeping. And he said to them, The lord transported you from Egypt, and brought you into the land which he swore by an oath to your fathers to give to you. And he said, I shall not efface my covenant with you into the eon. 2 And you shall not ordain a covenant with the ones lying in wait in this land, nor [³to ⁴their gods ¹in any way ²shall you do obeisance]; but their carved idols break, and their altars raze! And you hearkened not to my voice, nor [²these things ¹did you do]. 3 And I said, In no way shall I remove them from your face; and they will be to you for conflict, and their gods will be to you as an obstacle. 4 And it came to pass as [⁴spoke ¹the ²angel ³of the lord] these words to all the sons of Israel, that [³lifted up ¹the ²people] their voices, and wept. 5 Therefore he called the name of that place, Weeping. And they sacrificed there to the lord.

Joshua Dies

6 And Joshua sent out the people, and [⁵departed ¹the ²sons ³of Israel ⁴each] to his place, and to his inheritance, to inherit the land. 7 And [³served ¹the ²people] to the lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders, as many as prolonged their days with Joshua, as many as knew every [²work ³of the lord ¹great] which he did to Israel. 8 And [⁴came to an end ¹Joshua ²the son ³of Nun], a servant of the lord, a son of a hundred ten years. 9 And they entombed him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in mount Ephraim, from the north of mount Gaash. 10 And indeed all that generation was added to their fathers. And [³rose up ²generation ¹another] after them which did not know the lord, and indeed the work which he did to Israel.

Israel Serves Other Gods

11 And [⁴acted ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] wickedly before the lord, and they served to the Baalim. 12 And they abandoned the lord God of their fathers, the one leading them out of the land of Egypt, and they went after other gods of the gods of the peoples surrounding them; and they did obeisance to them, and provoked [³to anger ¹the ² lord]. 13 And they abandoned the lord, and served to Baal and to the Ashtoreths. 14 And [²was provoked to anger ³in rage ¹the lord] with Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of ones despoiling, and they carried [²away captive ¹them]. And he gave them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they were not able to oppose against the face of their enemies. 15 In all wherever they went, even the hand of the lord was against them for bad, as the lord said, and as the lord swore to them; and he squeezed them exceedingly. 16 And the lord raised up judges, and [²delivered ³them ¹the lord] from the hand of the ones despoiling them. And [²their judges ¹they obeyed not], 17 for they fornicated after other gods, and did obeisance to them, and provoked [³to anger ¹the ² lord]. And they turned aside quickly from the way of which [²went ¹their fathers], listening to the commandments of the lord; they did not do so. 18 And when the lord raised up to them judges, then the lord was with the judge, and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For [²was moved to comfort ¹the lord] because of their moaning from in front of the ones assaulting them and afflicting them. 19 And it came to pass as [³died ¹the ²judge], that they turned back, and again corrupted themselves above their fathers, to go after other gods, and to serve them, and to do obeisance to them. They did not disown their practices, and of [³way ¹their ²recalcitrant]. 20 And [²was provoked to anger ³in rage ¹the lord] with Israel. And he said, Because of as much as [²abandoned ¹this nation] my covenant which I gave charge to their fathers, and hearkened not to my voice, 21 then I shall not proceed to remove a man before their presence from the nations whom were left behind by Joshua. 22 And he allowed to test [²by ³him ¹Israel], if they guard the way of the lord, to go by it in which manner [²guarded ¹their fathers], or not. 23 And the lord left these nations so as to not remove them quickly; and he did not deliver them into the hand of Joshua.