Judges 2:3

“Wherefore 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.”

"Wherefore 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." - Judges 2:3
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What does Judges 2:3 mean?

In Judges 2:3 of the King James Version (KJV), the scripture reads, "Wherefore 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." This verse is part of a larger passage in which the angel…

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Thorns in Our Sides: The Cost of Compromise

The Book of Judges, a reflection of Israel's tumultuous history, uniquely captures the struggles of God’s chosen people as they navigate a turbulent relationship with obedience and disobedience. Among the many striking statements found in Judges 2:3, the admonition given by God…

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A Prayer for Wisdom and Strength Against Spiritual Thorns

O Mighty and Sovereign Lord, As I come before Thee in humility, my heart is heavy with the weight of the challenges and spiritual thorns surrounding me. It is in the quiet moments of reflection that I am reminded of Your warning in Judges 2:3, where Thou hast declared…

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Judges 2:3 - "Wherefore 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."
Judges 3:2 - "Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;"
Isaiah 3:2 - "The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,"
Judges 3:31
Daniel 3:2 - "Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up."
"The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient," - Isaiah 3:2
Zephaniah 3:3 - "Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow."
Judges 10:3 - "¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years."
Judges 2:16 - "¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them."
Judges 3:6 - "And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods."
Judges 2:31
Judges 3:11 - "And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died."
"Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;" - Judges 3:2
Judges 3:14 - "So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years."
Judges 13:3 make the Angel of the Lord male
Judges 3:3 - "Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath."
Judges 3:5 - "¶ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:"
Matthew 7:1-2 - "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
Judges 3:26 - "And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath."
Judges 3:17 - "And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man."
1 Corinthians 4:3 - "But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self."
Judges 3:30 - "So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years."
Judges 2:13 - "And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth."
Judges 3:23 - "Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them."
Judges 3:7 - "And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves."
Judges 10:2 - "And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir."
1 Corinthians 6:2 - "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"
Judges 3:18 - "And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present."
Judges 3:29 - "And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man."