Judges 2:1
And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Judges 2:1 in other translations
| BSB | Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, |
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| WEB | The LORD’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you. |
| ASV | And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you: |
| YLT | And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim, |
| DARBY | And the Angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you; and as for you, |
| BBE | Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me: |
| Webster | And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to depart from Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. |
What does Judges 2:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:1-3
Jud 2:1-10. An Angel Sent to Rebuke the People at Bochim.
1-3. an angel ... came from Gilgal to Bochim--We are inclined to think, from the authoritative tone of his language, that he was the Angel of the Covenant (Ex 23:20; Jos 5:14); the same who appeared in human form and announced himself captain of the Lord's host. His coming from Gilgal had a peculiar significance, for there the Israelites made a solemn dedication of themselves to God on their entrance into the promised land [Jos 4:1-9]; and the memory of that religious engagement, which the angel's arrival from Gilgal awakened, gave emphatic force to his rebuke of their apostasy. Bochim--"the weepers," was a name bestowed evidently in allusion to this incident or the place, which was at or near Shiloh. I said, I will never break my covenant with you ... but ye have not obeyed my voice--The burden of the angel's remonstrance was that God would inviolably keep His promise; but they, by their flagrant and repeated breaches of their covenant with Him, had forfeited all claim to the stipulated benefits. Having disobeyed the will of God by voluntarily courting the society of idolaters and placing themselves in the way of temptation, He left them to suffer the punishment of their misdeeds.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
An angel comes to the Israelites at Bochim, and gives them various reproofs, at which they are greatly affected, Jdg 2:1-5. They served the Lord during the days of Joshua, and the elders who succeeded him, Jdg 2:6, Jdg 2:7. Joshua having died, and all that generation, the people revolted from the true God and served idols, Jdg 2:8-13. The Lord, being angry, delivered them into the hands of spoilers, and they were greatly distressed, Jdg 2:14, Jdg 2:15. A general account of the method which God used to reclaim them, by sending them judges whom they frequently disobeyed, Jdg 2:16-19. Therefore God left the various nations of the land to plague and punish them, Jdg 2:20-23. Verse 1 An angel of the Lord - In the preceding chapter we have a summary of several things which took place shortly after the death of Joshua; especially during the time in which the elders lived (that is, the men who were contemporary with Joshua, but survived him), and while the people continued faithful to the Lord. In this chapter, and some parts of the following, we have an account of the same people abandoned by their God and reduced to the heaviest calamities, because they had broken their covenant with their Maker. This chapter, and the first eight verses of the next, may be considered as an epitome of the whole book, in which we see, on one hand, the crimes of the Israelites; and on the other, the punishments inflicted on them by the Lord; their repentance, and return to their allegiance; and the long-suffering and mercy of God, shown in pardoning their backslidings, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies. The angel of the Lord, mentioned here, is variously interpreted; some think it was Phinehas, the high priest, which is possible; others, that it was a prophet, sent to the place where they were now assembled, with an extraordinary commission from God, to reprove them for their sins, and to show them the reason why God had not rooted out their enemies from the land; this is the opinion of the Chaldee paraphrast, consequently of the ancient Jews; others think that an angel, properly such, is intended; and several are of opinion that it was the Angel of the Covenant, the Captain of the Lord's host, which had appeared unto Joshua, Jdg 5:14, and no less than the Lord Jesus Christ himself. I think it more probable that some extraordinary human messenger is meant, as such messengers, and indeed prophets, apostles, etc., are frequently termed angels, that is, messengers of the Lord. The person here mentioned appears to have been a resident at Gilgal, and to have come to Bochim on this express errand. I will never break my covenant - Nor did God ever break it. A covenant is never broken but by him who violates the conditions of it: when any of the contracting parties violates any of the conditions, the covenant is then broken, and by that party alone; and the conditions on the other side are null and void.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 2:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Judges 2:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 2:1
- Exodus 20:2
I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Genesis 17:7-8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
- Exodus 23:20
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Leviticus 26:42
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
- Psalms 105:44-45
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
- Exodus 14:14
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
- Judges 2:5
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.
- Acts 7:30-33
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
- Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
- Genesis 12:7
And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
- Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- Joshua 5:13-14
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6 The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua.
14 God's anger and pity towards them.
20 The Canaanites left to prove Israel.
And an angel. or messenger.
6:12; 13:3; Ge 16:7-10,13; 22:11,12; 48:16; Ex 3:2-6; 14:19; 23:20
Ex 33:14; Jos 5:13,14; Isa 63:9; Ho 12:3-5; Zec 3:1,2; Mal 3:1
Ac 7:30-33
Bochim.
5
I made.
Ex 3:7,8; 14:14; 20:2; De 4:34; Ps 78:51-53; 105:36-38
have brought.
Ge 12:7; 22:16,17; 26:3,4; Jos 3:10; Ps 105:44,45
I will never.
Ge 17:7,8; Le 26:42; Nu 14:34; Ps 89:34; Jer 14:21; 33:20,21
Zec 11:10
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Context
- Judges 2:1
And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
- Judges 2:2
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Judges 2:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y El ángel de Jehová subió de Gilgal á Bochîm, y dijo: Yo os saqué de Egipto, y os introduje en la tierra de la cual había jurado á vuestros padres; y dije: No invalidaré jamás mi pacto con vosotros; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’Ange de l’ Éternel monta de Guilgal à Bokim; et il dit: Je vous ai fait monter d’Égypte, et je vous ai introduits dans le pays que j’avais promis par serment à vos pères, et j’ai dit: Je ne romprai jamais mon alliance avec vous; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Engel Jehovas kam von Gilgal herauf nach Bochim; und er sprach: Ich habe euch aus Ägypten heraufgeführt und euch in das Land gebracht, das ich euren Vätern zugeschworen habe; und ich sagte: Ich werde meinen Bund mit euch nicht brechen ewiglich; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ascenditque angelus Domini de Galgalis ad Locum flentium, et ait: Eduxi vos de Ægypto, et introduxi in terram, pro qua juravi patribus vestris: et pollicitus sum ut non facerem irritum pactum meum vobiscum in sempiternum, |