The Messenger of the Lord Reacts to Israel’s Failure

2 The Messenger of Yahweh went from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt into the land that I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my promise^[a] to you.

²² I will test the people of Israel with these nations to see whether or not they will carefully follow Yahweh’s ways as their ancestors did.”