Judges 2:2-4

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^2 (A)and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ^(B)you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done? ³ So now I say, ^(C)I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become ^(D)thorns in your sides,^[a] and their gods shall be a snare to you.” ⁴ As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.