The Angel of the Lord at Bokim

2 The angel of the Lord^(A) went up from Gilgal^(B) to Bokim^(C) and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt^(D) and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors.^(E) I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,^{(F) 2} and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land,^(G) but you shall break down their altars.^(H)’ Yet you have disobeyed^(I) me. Why have you done this? ³ And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you;^(J) they will become traps^(K) for you, and their gods will become snares^(L) to you.’”

¹¹ The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians,^(A) the Amorites,^(B) the Ammonites,^(C) the Philistines,^{(D) 12} the Sidonians, the Amalekites^(E) and the Maonites^[a](F) oppressed you^(G) and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands? ¹³ But you have forsaken^(H) me and served other gods,^(I) so I will no longer save you. ¹⁴ Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save^(J) you when you are in trouble!^(K)”