2:1 And an Messenger of Yehovah went up from
Galgal to the [place of] weeping, and to Baethel, and to the house of
Israel, and said to them, Thus says Yehovah, I brought you up out of Egypt,
and I brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I
will never break my covenant that I have made with you.
2:2 And ye shall make no covenant with them that dwell in this land, neither
shall ye worship their gods; but ye shall destroy their graven images, ye
shall pull down their altars: but ye hearkened not to my voice, for ye did
these things.
2:3 And I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be
for a distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offence.
2:4 And it came to pass when the Messenger of Yehovah spoke these words to all
the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
2:5 And they named the name of that place Weepings; and they sacrificed
there to Yehovah.
2:6 And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his
inheritance, to inherit the land.
2:7 And the people served Yehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that lived many days with Joshua, as many as knew all the
great work of Yehovah, what things he had wrought in Israel.
2:8 And Joshua the son of Naue, the servant of Yehovah, died, a hundred and
ten years old.
2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Thamnathares,
in mount Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaas.
2:10 And all that generation were laid to their fathers: and another
generation rose up after them, who knew not Yehovah, nor yet the work which
he wrought in Israel.
2:11 And the children of Israel wrought evil before Yehovah, and served
Baalim.
2:12 And they forsook Yehovah Elohim of their fathers, who brought them out of
the land of Egypt, and walked after other gods, of the gods of the nations
round about them; and they worshipped them.
2:13 And they provoked Yehovah, and forsook him, and served Baal and the
Astartes.
2:14 And Yehovah was very angry with Israel; and he gave them into the
hands of the spoilers, and they spoiled them; and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, and they could not any longer resist
their enemies,
2:15 among whomsoever they went; and the hand of Yehovah was against them
for evil, as Yehovah spoke, and as Yehovah sware to them; and he greatly
afflicted them.
2:16 And Yehovah raised up judges, and Yehovah save them out of the hands
of them that spoiled them: and yet they hearkened not to the judges,
2:17 for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them; and they
turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked to hearken to
the words of Yehovah; they did not so.
2:18 And because Yehovah raised them up judges, so Yehovah was with the
judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the
judge; for Yehovah was moved at their groaning by reason of them that
besieged them and afflicted them.
2:19 And it cam to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again
corrupted [themselves] worse than their fathers to go after other gods to
serve them an to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their
stubborn ways.
2:20 And Yehovah was very angry with Israel, and said, Forasmuch as this
nation has forsaken my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not
hearkened to my voice,
2:21 therefore I will not any more cast out a man of the nations before
their face, which Joshua the son of Naue left in the land. And [Yehovah]
left [them],
2:22 to prove Israel with them, whether they would keep the way of Yehovah,
to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no.
2:23 So Yehovah will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out
suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua. |
2:1 And an Messenger of Yehovah came up from
Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have
brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I
will never break my covenant with you.
2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall
throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done
this?
2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but
they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto
you.
2:4 And it came to pass, when the Messenger of Yehovah spake these words unto
all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there
unto Yehovah.
2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every
man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
2:7 And the people served Yehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the
Yehovah, that he did for Israel.
2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yehovah, died, being an
hundred and ten years old.
2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in
the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and
there arose another generation after them, which knew not Yehovah, nor yet
the works which he had done for Israel.
2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Yehovah, and
served Baalim:
2:12 And they forsook Yehovah Elohim of their fathers, which brought them out
of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people
that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the
Yehovah to anger.
2:13 And they forsook Yehovah, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
2:14 And the anger of Yehovah was hot against Israel, and he delivered them
into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand
before their enemies.
2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Yehovah was against them for
evil, as Yehovah had said, and as Yehovah had sworn unto them: and they
were greatly distressed.
2:16 Nevertheless Yehovah raised up judges, which delivered them out of the
hand of those that spoiled them.
2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a
whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned
quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the
commandments of Yehovah; but they did not so.
2:18 And when Yehovah raised them up judges, then Yehovah was with the
judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of
the judge: for it repented Yehovah because of their groanings by reason of
them that oppressed them and vexed them.
2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and
corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to
serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own
doings, nor from their stubborn way.
2:20 And the anger of Yehovah was hot against Israel; and he said, Because
that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their
fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
2:21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the
nations which Joshua left when he died:
2:22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of
Yehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
2:23 Therefore Yehovah left those nations, without driving them out
hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. |