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Judges 2:2

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and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 2

In this chapter we have, I. A particular message which God sent to Israel by an angel, and the impression it made upon them (Jdg 2:1-5). II. A general idea of the state of Israel during the government of the judges, in which observe, 1. Their adherence to God while Joshua and the elders lived (Jdg 2:6-10). 2. Their revolt afterwards to idolatry (Jdg 2:11-13). 3. God's displeasure against them, and his judgments upon them for it (Jdg 2:14, Jdg 2:15). 4. His pity towards them, shown in raising them up deliverers (Jdg 2:16-18). 5. Their relapse into idolatry after the judgment was over (Jdg 2:17-19). 6. The full stop God in anger put to their successes (Jdg 2:20-23). These are the contents, not only of this chapter, but of the whole book.

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Strong's Concordancev. 2

כָּרַת (kârath, H3772) — to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to… בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, H1285) — a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) יָשַׁב (yâshab, H3427) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to… אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) נָתַץ (nâthats, H5422) — to tear down מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, H4196) — an altar שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, H8085) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,… קוֹל (qôwl, H6963) — a voice or sound עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, H6213) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Jeremiah 2:36rank 4

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

Deuteronomy 7:16rank 3

You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Jeremiah 2:5rank 3

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

Jeremiah 2:18rank 2

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

Judges 2:20rank 2

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

Genesis 4:10rank 2

“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Exodus 32:21rank 2

“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

II Thessalonians 1:8rank 1

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

I Peter 4:17rank 1

For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

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