Judges 2:1

And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear my voice: why have you done this?

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Cross References

Genesis 16:7And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,

Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy sad after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Genesis 22:16By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake:

Genesis 48:16The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

Exodus 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:1

In this chapter we have, I. A particular message which God sent to Israel by an angel, and the impression it made upon them, ver. 1-5 . II. A general idea of the state of Israel during the government of the judges, in which observe, 1. Their adherence to God while Joshua and the elders lived, ver. 6-10 . 2. Their revolt afterwards to idolatry, ver. 11-13 . 3. God's displeasure against them, and his judgments upon them for it, ver. 14, 15 . 4. His pity towards them, shown in raising them up deliverers, ver. 16-18 .… Read the whole commentary →

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