"Therefore I alsosaid,I will not drivethem out beforeyou; but they will become[as thorns] in your sidesand their godswill be a snareto you.'"
And servedtheir idols,Which becamea snareto them.
"They shall not livein your land,becausethey will make you sinagainst Me; for [if] you servetheir gods,it will surelybe a snareto you."
"Watchyourself that you makenocovenantwith the inhabitantsof the landinto whichyou are going,orit will becomea snarein your midst.
But ifyou do not driveout the inhabitantsof the landfrom beforeyou, then it shall comeabout that those whomyou letremainof them [will become] as pricksin your eyesand as thornsin your sides,and they will troubleyou in the landin whichyou live.
"You shall consumeallthe peopleswhomthe LORDyour Godwill deliverto you; your eyeshall not pitythem, norshall you servetheir gods,for that [would be] a snareto you.
knowwith certaintythat the LORDyour Godwill not continueto drivethesenationsout from beforeyou; but they will be a snareand a trapto you, and a whipon your sidesand thornsin your eyes,untilyou perishfrom offthisgoodlandwhichthe LORDyour Godhas givenyou.
I alsowill nolongerdriveout beforethem anyof the nationswhichJoshualeftwhen he died,
When the angelof the LORDspokethesewordsto allthe sonsof Israel,the peopleliftedup their voicesand wept.
and they tooktheir daughtersfor themselves as wives,and gavetheir own daughtersto their sons,and servedtheir gods.
Gideonmadeit into an ephod,and placedit in his city,Ophrah,and allIsraelplayedthe harlotwith it there,so that it becamea snareto Gideonand his household.
