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Judges 2:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Judges 2:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 You are not to make a covenant(A) with the people who are living in this land, and you are to tear down their altars.[a](B) But you have not obeyed Me. What is this you have done? 3 Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you.(C) They will be thorns[b][c] in your sides,(D) and their gods will be a trap for you.”(E) 4 When the Angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
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- Judges 2:2 LXX reads with those lying in wait in this land; neither are you to fall down in worship to their gods, but their carved images you must break to pieces and their altars you must destroy
- Judges 2:3 LXX reads affliction
- Judges 2:3 Lit traps
Judges 2:2-4
New International Version
Judges 2:2-4
New International Version
2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land,(A) but you shall break down their altars.(B)’ Yet you have disobeyed(C) me. Why have you done this? 3 And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you;(D) they will become traps(E) for you, and their gods will become snares(F) to you.’”
4 When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,(G)
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