Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore I also said,.... Supposing, or on condition of their being guilty of the above things, which was foreseen they would:
I will not drive them out from before you; the seven nations of the…
Barnes' Notes
“Wherefore I also said” - Rather because ye have done the things mentioned in Jdg 2:2, “I have now said (i. e. I now protest and declare) that I will not drive them out from before you” (compare Jdg…
It was the privilege of Israel that they had not only a law in general sent them from heaven, once for all, to direct them into and keep them in the way of happiness, but that they had particular…
Cambridge Bible
Wherefore I also said Moreover also I said; perhaps referring to the warning in Jos 23:13 D, Num 33:55 P, from which latter place the expressions in this verse appear to be borrowed. Others translate…
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