3Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face: that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin.
3Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face: that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin.
1 And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:
2 On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear my voice: why have you done this?
3 Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face: that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin.
4 And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 And the name of that place was called, The place of weepers, or of tears: and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
2:3Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you."
2:3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
2:3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
2:3So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you.|
2:3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
2:3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.
2:3Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.|
2:3And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.'
2:3Why I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.