Judges 2:4 (WEB)

Passage

When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:2 You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?

Judges 2:3 Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”

Judges 2:4 When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Judges 2:5 They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.

Judges 2:6 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "angel", "spoke", "words", "children", "israel", "people", and "lifted". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "angel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Therefore I also said I will not..." into verse 5's "They called the name of that place...", so "yahweh" and "angel" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "angel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.