Judges 2:3

New International Reader's Version

I have said something else. I said, ‘I will not drive out those people to make room for you. They and their gods will become traps for you.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 106:36

They worshiped statues of their gods. That became a trap for them.

Exodus 23:33

Do not let them live in your land. If you do, they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, that will certainly be a trap for you.”

Exodus 34:12

Be careful. Do not make a peace treaty with those who live in the land where you are going. They will be a trap to you.

Numbers 33:55

“ ‘But suppose you do not drive out the people living in the land. Then those you allow to remain there will become like needles in your eyes. They will become like thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Don’t feel sorry for them. Don’t serve their gods. If you do, they will be a trap for you.

Joshua 23:13

Then you can be sure of what the Lord your God will do. He won’t drive out those nations to make room for you anymore. Instead, they will become traps and snares for you. They will be like whips on your backs. They will be like thorns in your eyes. All that will continue until you are destroyed. It will continue until you are removed from this good land. It’s the land the Lord your God has given you.

Judges 2:21

Joshua left some nations in the land when he died. I will no longer drive out those nations to make room for Israel.

Judges 2:4

The angel of the Lord spoke these things to all the Israelites. Then the people wept out loud.

Judges 3:6

They married the daughters of those people. They gave their own daughters to the sons of those people. And they served the gods of those people.

Judges 8:27

Gideon made an object out of all the gold. It looked like the linen apron the high priest of Israel wore. Gideon placed it in Ophrah. That was his hometown. All the Israelites worshiped it there. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. So the gold object became a trap to Gideon and his family.