Judges 2:3 (YLT)

Passage

And 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.'

Nearby Context

Judges 2:1 And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim,

Judges 2:2 and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye--ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land--their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice--what <FI>is<Fi> this ye have done?

Judges 2:3 And 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.'

Judges 2:4 And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

Judges 2:5 and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "cast", "presence", "been", "adversaries", "gods", and "snare". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "cast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and saith I cause you to come..." into verse 4's "And it cometh to pass when the...", so "said" and "cast" 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 "said" and "cast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.