Judges 2:1-5

Christian Standard Bible

Pattern of Sin and Judgment

2 The angel of the Lord^(A) went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land^(B) I had promised to your ancestors.^(C) I also said: I will never break my covenant with you. ² You are not to make a covenant^(D) with the inhabitants of this land. You are to tear down their altars.^(E) But you have not obeyed me. What have you done? ³ Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you.^(F) They will be thorns^[a] in your sides,^(G) and their gods will be a trap for you.”^{(H) 4} When the angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. ⁵ So they named that place Bochim^[b] and offered sacrifices there to the Lord.