Judges 2:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And so, I'll stop helping you defeat your enemies. Instead, they will be there to trap you into worshipping their idols.

Cross References

Psalm 106:36

Then they fell into the trap of worshipping idols.

Exodus 23:33

Don't let them stay in your land. They will trap you into sinning against me and worshipping their gods.

Exodus 34:12

Don't make treaties with any of those people. If you do, it will be like falling into a trap.

Numbers 33:55

If you don't force out all the people there, they will be like pointed sticks in your eyes and thorns in your back. They will always be trouble for you,

Deuteronomy 7:16

When the LORD helps you defeat your enemies, you must destroy them without pity! And don't get trapped into worshipping their gods.

Judges 2:21

so I'll stop helping them defeat their enemies. Israel still had a lot of enemies when Joshua died,

Judges 2:4

The Israelites started crying loudly,

Judges 8:27

Gideon returned to his home in Ophrah and had the gold made into a statue, which the Israelites soon started worshipping. They became unfaithful to God, and even Gideon and his family were trapped into worshipping the statue. The Midianites had been defeated so badly that they were no longer strong enough to attack Israel. And so Israel was at peace for the remaining forty years of Gideon's life.