Joshua 23:13

know, that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,—but they will become unto you a snare and a hook, and a goad in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

In Context

12But, if ye, do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, these which remain with you,—and intermarry with them, and go in with them, and, they, with you;

14But lo! I am going to-day, in the way of all the earth,—ye must acknowledge, therefore, with all your heart and with all your soul, that there hath not failed a single thing, out of all the good things which Yahweh your God spake concerning you, the whole, hath come to pass to you, there hath not failed thereof, a single thing.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:31And I will give your cities unto desolation, And make your holy places dumb,—And will find no fragrance in your satisfying odour;

Deuteronomy 4:26I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you to-day, that ye shall, perish, speedily, from off the land which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess,—ye shall not prolong your days thereupon; for, ye shall surely be laid waste;

Deuteronomy 28:63And it shall come to pass that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so, will Yahweh rejoice over you, to cause you to perish and to destroy you,—and ye shall be torn away, from off the soil, whither thou art going in to possess it;

Deuteronomy 30:18I declare unto you, to-day, that ye shall perish,—ye shall not prolong your days, upon the soil which thou art passing over the Jordan to enter and possess.

Judges 2:3Wherefore also I said, I will not drive them out from before you,—but they shall be your adversaries, and, their gods, shall become unto you a snare.

1 Kings 11:4Yea it came to pass, in the old age of Solomon, that, his wives, turned aside his heart after other gods,—his heart therefore was not sound with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 23:12-16

11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land… Read the whole commentary →

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