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?

Cross-references

Judges 6:10 Parallel

Judges 6:10 repeats the same rebuke: 'you have not obeyed my voice' regarding not fearing other gods.

In Jeremiah 2:36, Israel's changing ways and reliance on foreign powers brings shame—directly echoes the covenant-making sin here.

Psalm 106:34-40 describes Israel's failure to destroy the nations, leading to idolatry—exactly the sin here.

Ezra 9:10-13 records a prayer of confession for the same sin—failing to separate from the peoples.

Ezra 9:1-3 shows the people again intermarrying with pagan nations, repeating the sin of Judges 2:2.

In Jeremiah 2:5, God asks what wrong He did that Israel went after worthless idols—same lament over Israel's unfaithfulness and abandoning God.

Deuteronomy 20:16-18 commands the total destruction of the Canaanites—the very law Israel disobeyed here.

Deuteronomy 12:3 specifies tearing down altars and pillars, the exact action commanded and violated in Judges 2:2.

Deuteronomy 12:2 commands destroying all places of pagan worship, directly corresponding to breaking altars in Judges 2:2.

In Jeremiah 2:18, Israel is rebuked for seeking alliances with Egypt and Assyria—matching the sin here of making covenants with Canaanites.

In Exodus 23:32, God commands not to make a covenant with the inhabitants—this is the specific prohibition that Israel disobeyed in Judges 2:2.

Deuteronomy 7:2-4 explicitly forbids covenant and intermarriage with Canaanites, the very command Israel violated in Judges 2:2.

Numbers 33:52 commands destroying idols and high places, matching the 'break down their altars' in Judges 2:2.

Exodus 34:12-16 gives the original command to break altars and avoid covenants, which Judges 2:2 directly echoes in its rebuke.

In Deuteronomy 12:30, Israel is warned not to adopt Canaanite worship—the specific snare they fell into by making covenants here.

Joshua 9:7 Historical context

Joshua 9:7 records Israel's covenant with the Gibeonites, a direct example of the disobedience rebuked here.

Psalm 106:35 describes Israel mixing with nations and learning their ways, the exact sin rebuked here.

Jeremiah 3:25 confesses not obeying God's voice since youth, using the same language as this rebuke.

In Exodus 34:13, God commands breaking down altars and Asherim—the very command Israel failed to obey here.

Ezra 9:14 Parallel

Ezra 9:14 laments intermarriage with foreign peoples, directly paralleling the forbidden covenants of this verse.

Joshua 23:13 warns that failing to drive out nations will make them snares, echoing the consequence of disobedience here.

Psalm 78:55-58 recounts Israel's stubborn rebellion after entering Canaan, mirroring the pattern in Judges.

Exodus 23:33 warns that letting Canaanites dwell will become a snare, a related consequence to the covenant and altar command violated in Judges 2:2.

Jeremiah 7:23-28 laments Israel's refusal to listen to God, paralleling the disobedience in Judges.

1 Peter 4:17 says judgment begins with God's household, as Israel here is judged for disobedience.

2 Corinthians 6:14-17 echoes the same principle of separation from pagan practices, applying it to the NT church.

2 Chronicles 25:15 describes seeking Edom's gods, a similar idolatry to the altars not destroyed here.

1 Samuel 8:8 recounts Israel's pattern of forsaking God since Egypt, mirroring the disobedience condemned here.

Deuteronomy 7:25 orders burning carved images, similar to breaking altars in Judges 2:2 but focused on idol destruction.

Deuteronomy 7:16 commands consuming the peoples and not serving their gods, a parallel warning against the snare of idolatry in Judges 2:2.