SEV Biblia, Chapter 23:13
sabed que el SEÑOR vuestro Dios no echará más estos gentiles delante de vosotros; antes os serán por lazo, y por tropiezo, y por azote para vuestros costados, y por espinas para vuestros ojos, hasta tanto que perezcáis de esta buena tierra que el SEÑOR vuestro Dios os ha dado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 23:13
Verse 13. They shall be snares] jpl lephach, a net or gin, set by the artful fowler to catch heedless birds. And traps] qwm mokesh, any snare, toil, or trap, placed on the ground to catch the unwary traveler or wild beast by the foot.
Scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes] Nothing can be conceived more vexatious and distressing than a continual goad in the side, or thorn in the eye. They will drive you into obedience to their false gods, and put out the eyes of your understandings by their idolatries. And God will preserve them merely to distress and punish you.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-16 - Would we cleave to the Lord, we must always stand upon our guard, for many a soul is lost through carelessness. Love the Lord your God, an you will not leave him. Has God been thus true to you? Be not you fals to him. He is faithful that has promised, Heb 10:23. The experience of every Christian witnesses the same truth. Conflicts may have bee severe and long, trials great and many; but at the last he wil acknowledge that goodness and mercy followed him all the days of his life. Joshua states the fatal consequences of going back; know for certainty it will be your ruin. The first step would be, friendshi with idolaters; the next would be, marrying with them; the end of tha would be, serving their gods. Thus the way of sin is down-hill, an those who have fellowship with sinners, cannot avoid having fellowshi with sin. He describes the destruction he warns them of. The goodnes of the heavenly Canaan, and the free and sure grant God has made of it will add to the misery of those who shall for ever be shut out from it Nothing will make them see how wretched they are, so much, as to se how happy they might have been. Let us watch and pray agains temptation. Let us trust in God's faithfulness, love, and power; let u plead his promises, and cleave to his commandments, then we shall be happy in life, in death, and for ever __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ידוע 3045 תדעו 3045 כי 3588 לא 3808 יוסיף 3254 יהוה 3068 אלהיכם 430 להורישׁ 3423 את 853 הגוים 1471 האלה 428 מלפניכם 6440 והיו 1961 לכם לפח 6341 ולמוקשׁ 4170 ולשׁטט 7850 בצדיכם 6654 ולצננים 6796 בעיניכם 5869 עד 5704 אבדכם 6 מעל 5921 האדמה 127 הטובה 2896 הזאת 2063 אשׁר 834 נתן 5414 לכם יהוה 3068 אלהיכם׃ 430
