SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:3
Por tanto yo también dije: No los echaré de delante de vosotros, sino que os serán por azote para vuestros costados, y sus dioses por tropezadero.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 2:3
Verse 3. I will not drive them out from before you] Their transgressions, and breach of the covenant, were the reasons why they were not put in entire possession of the promised land. See note at the end of this chapter.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. Wherefore I also said , etc.] Supposing, or on condition of their being guilty of the above things, which was foreseen they would: I will not drive them out from before you ; the seven nations of the Canaanites entirely, and which accounts for the various instances related in the preceding chapter; where it is observed, that they could not, or did not, drive the old inhabitants out of such and such places, because they sinned against the Lord, and he forsook them, and would not assist them in their enterprises, or them to their sloth and indolence: but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides : very troublesome and afflicting, (see Numbers 33:55); or for straits, as the Septuagint, or be such as would bring them into tribulation, and distress them, as the Targum; so they often did: and their gods shall be a snare unto you ; which they suffered to continue, and did not destroy them, as they ought to have done; they would be, as they proved, ensnaring to them, and whereby they were drawn to forsake the worship of the true God, and bow down to them, as we read in some following verses.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - It was the great Angel of the covenant, the Word, the Son of God, wh spake with Divine authority as Jehovah, and now called them to accoun for their disobedience. God sets forth what he had done for Israel, an what he had promised. Those who throw off communion with God, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, know not what they d now, and will have nothing to say for themselves in the day of accoun shortly. They must expect to suffer for this their folly. Those deceiv themselves who expect advantages from friendship with God's enemies God often makes men's sin their punishment; and thorns and snares ar in the way of the froward, who will walk contrary to God. The people wept, crying out against their own folly and ingratitude. They tremble at the word, and not without cause. It is a wonder sinners can eve read the Bible with dry eyes. Had they kept close to God and their duty, no voice but that of singing had been heard in their congregation; but by their sin and folly they made other work for themselves, and nothing is to be heard but the voice of weeping. The worship of God, in its own nature, is joy, praise, and thanksgiving our sins alone render weeping needful. It is pleasing to see men wee for their sins; but our tears, prayers, and even amendment, cannot atone for sin.
Original Hebrew
וגם 1571 אמרתי 559 לא 3808 אגרשׁ 1644 אותם 853 מפניכם 6440 והיו 1961 לכם לצדים 6654 ואלהיהם 430 יהיו 1961 לכם למוקשׁ׃ 4170
