World English Bible
Judges 2:22
“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.”
Verse in context — Judges 2
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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;
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I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
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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.
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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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