1 Then YHVH's [Commanding] angel-messenger [flies] up from Gilgal {Wheel} to Bochim {Weepers}. [The angel] says, βI [lifted] you [Hebrews] up out of Egypt. I've brought you to the land I swore to [give] your fore-fathers. I promised, βI will never break my covenant with you.β
2 Then [I ordered you to] avoid making any league with the inhabitants of this land. I [told you] to throw down their [occult] altars. Yet you disobey my voice. Why do you do that, π? League=LEGal. Do not have legal relations with the worldly nations, states, counties, courts and judges.3 [Remember] I also said, β[If you won't obey me,] I won't drive the [pagans] out before you, π. Instead, they'll be thorns in your sides. Their gods & leaders will trap you.ββ4 As the angel of YHVH speaks these words to all the descendants of Israel, the people lift up their voice [s]. They weep. 5 So, π, the [Israelites] name that place βBochim {Weepers}β. There the [repentant Israelis] donate their [animals to feed poor Hebrews and to feed the priests of] YHVH. Or βthey slaughter [animals in a vain attempt to pacify] YHVH.β | A Flashback To Joshua's Final Address | 6 [Flash back to Joshua 24:28-31:] JAHshua lets the people of Israel go [home]. Every man [rides] to his land-inheritance to occupy [and manage] his [acres of] earth.
7 The [Israelites keep] serving YHVH all the days of JAHshua, and all the days of Joshua's contemporaries, (elders who'd seen all the amazing feats YHVH [continues to] achieve for Israel). | Another account Of JAHshua's Burial | 8 Finally Nun's son JAHshua (the servant of YHVH) dies at 110 years old, π.
9 So [the Israelites] bury [JAHshua] near the boundary of his inherited-land in Timnath-Heres {Slice-of-Sunshine}, in the hills of Ephraim {Double-Fruit}, on the north side of Gaash {Quake} Hill. | The New Generation Forsakes YHVH | 10 [In time, JAHshua's] whole generation βmeets their forefathersβ in the grave, π. Then rises a [perverted] generation, ignorant [and apathetic] about YHVH and the work he'd performed for Israel.
11 So, π, the brats of Israel flaunt evil in the sight of YHVH. They [abandon YHVH to] serve [demons they call] βBaalim {Lords}β. 12 The [Israelis] forsake YHVH, [the] Elohim of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, π. The [Israelis] follow other gods [& leaders served by] the people-groups surrounding [Israel]. The [Israelis] bow themselves to [non-Hebrew powers]. This [stokes] YHVH's grieving-rage. When you apply for a driver's license, a passport, a bank account, a loan, insurance, a National I.D. number, etc., you enter the jurisdiction of the worldly state. Religion blesses these evils and drags you down, in an effort to grab 10% of your evil war-booty on your way down to eternal fire. False religion is a parasite that kills its host: you.13 The [fake Judeo-Christians] forsake YHVH, π. They serve Baal {Demon-Master} and Ashtaroth {Easter}. Sound familiar? Do you go to a church where you praise βthe Lordβ, and celebrate βEasterβ instead of Passover? Easter is the god of immorality posing as religion. Sexual sin is as prevalent in the βchurchβ as outside it. | YAH Allows The Pagans To Pillage Israelis | 14 So, π, the anger of YHVH fires hot against Israel. He delivers them into the hands of ravagers who pillage them. [YAH] sells the [hypocrites] into the hands of their surrounding enemies. So they can no longer stand when faced by their foes.
15 Wherever the [rogue Israelis] go out [to battle], the hand of YHVH works against them, π. Disaster [falls], as YHVH predicted, as YHVH swore to them [it would]. So the [Israelis] cry [over their dead and wounded. They drown] in distress. | YAH Raises Judge-Leaders To Save Israel | 16 Then YHVH raises up leader-judges. [Each successive judge] delivers the [fallen Israelis] out of the [pagans'] ravaging enemy fists. Judges = #8199 shaphat: to judge, sentence, vindicate, punish; govern; defend, reason, rule. | The Israelis Ignore The Judges | 17 Yet the [rogue Israelis] refuse to listen to their leader-judges, π. Instead they run whoring after other gods & leaders. They bow [down] to [non-Hebrew jurisdiction]. The [Israelis] rush to turn from the way[s] their fathers walked in (obeying the commandments of YHVH). The [rogue Israelis show no interest] in obedience.
18 [Yet] YHVH relents, π. [YAH hears] the [Israelis] moan [and sob] because the [pagans] oppress and vex [them]. Every time YHVH raises up a leader-judge, YHVH sticks with the judge throughout his full lifespan. [YAH helps the judge] deliver the [Israelis] out of the fists of their enemies. 19 But every time a judge dies, the [Israelis] relapse [into their vomitous sins, π]. Worse than their fore-fathers, they corrupt themselves by following [non-Hebrew] gods & leaders, serving them, bowing down under [savage jurisdictions]. The [backsliders] constantly practice the [pagans'] evil habits and bull-headed misbehaviors. | YAH Leaves Pagans In The Land To Test Israel | 20 So, π, YHVH's fury flames against Israel. YAH [shouts], βThis nation treacherously [breaks] my covenant which I commanded their fathers. [Israel refuses to] listen to my voice!
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