World English Bible
Judges 2:21
“I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;”
Verse in context — Judges 2
But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said, "Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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