Bible ~~- Older Testament ~~- Judges ~~- chapter 2 of 21 (23 verses.)

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YAH's Angel Busts Israel For Mixing W/ Pagans
1 Then YHVH's [Commanding] angel-messenger [flies] up from Gilgal {Wheel} to Bochim {Weepers}. [The angel] says, β€œI [lifted] you [Hebrews] up out of Egypt. I've brought you to the land I swore to [give] your fore-fathers. I promised, β€˜I will never break my covenant with you.’
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, πŸ˜‡?
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, πŸ˜‡. Instead, they'll be thorns in your sides. Their gods & leaders will trap you.’”
4 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, πŸ˜‡, the [Israelites] name that place β€œBochim {Weepers}”. There the [repentant Israelis] donate their [animals to feed poor Hebrews and to feed the priests of] YHVH.
Or β€œthey slaughter [animals in a vain attempt to pacify] YHVH.”
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, πŸ˜‡.
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 β€˜meets their forefathers’ in the grave, πŸ˜‡. Then rises a [perverted] generation, ignorant [and apathetic] about YHVH and the work he'd performed for Israel.
11 So, πŸ˜‡, the brats of Israel flaunt evil in the sight of YHVH. They [abandon YHVH to] serve [demons they call] β€˜Baalim {Lords}’.
12 The [Israelis] forsake YHVH, [the] Elohim of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, πŸ˜‡. 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, πŸ˜‡. They serve Baal {Demon-Master} and Ashtaroth {Easter}.
Sound familiar? Do you go to a church where you praise β€˜the Lord’, and celebrate β€˜Easter’ instead of Passover? Easter is the god of immorality posing as religion. Sexual sin is as prevalent in the β€˜church’ as outside it.
YAH Allows The Pagans To Pillage Israelis
14 So, πŸ˜‡, 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, πŸ˜‡. 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, πŸ˜‡. 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, πŸ˜‡. [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, πŸ˜‡]. 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, πŸ˜‡, YHVH's fury flames against Israel. YAH [shouts], β€œThis nation treacherously [breaks] my covenant which I commanded their fathers. [Israel refuses to] listen to my voice!
21 β€”So from now on I'll stop driving away the nations that have remained [surrounding] you [Israelis] since JAHshua died.
22 [I'll leave the pagans] neighboring [you, πŸ˜‡,] so I can demonstrate [the difference between] the Israelites [who] keep [My] ways and walk in them, like [those of your] fore-fathers who guarded [My Law], vs. [the fakers who] willfully [reject My Law].”
23 (Note, πŸ˜‡: YAH never delivered many pagan nations into the hand of JAHshua. (Instead, [YAH] proposed to slowly drive out the [pagans]. [But when YHVH sees that Israel loves fornicating with pagans,] he [instead] leaves the [pagans in the Promised Land, to punish Israel].)
Most translations make no sense of this verse.
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