Judges 2:3

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.

Cross-reference

Judges 2:21 Parallel

Judges 2:21 repeats the same judgment from 2:3: God will not drive out the remaining nations.

Judges 3:6 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 3:6 shows the snare in action: intermarriage and serving the gods, the exact outcome predicted here.

Exodus 23:33 originally warned that serving their gods would be a snare—the same language and root command behind this judgment.

Exodus 34:12 warns that covenants with inhabitants become a snare, the very problem that now ensnares Israel.

Numbers 33:55 gives the same warning: remaining inhabitants become thorns and adversaries, echoing the snare and adversaries here.

Deuteronomy 7:16 explicitly says serving their gods is a snare—the identical consequence now realized in Israel's disobedience.

Joshua 23:13 repeats the warning that these nations will become snares and thorns, mirroring the judgment declared here.

1 Kings 11:1–7 Prophetic fulfillment

1 Kings 11:1-7 illustrates the snare: Solomon's foreign wives led him to idolatry, fulfilling the warning given here.

Psalm 106:36 summarizes Israel's history: 'they served their idols, which became a snare,' directly echoing the judgment here.

Deuteronomy 12:30 warns against being ensnared by the nations' practices—the same trap that has now caught Israel.

Deuteronomy 20:18 explains the command to destroy nations so they won't teach abominations—exactly the snare that now ensnares Israel.

1 Samuel 8:8 Related theme

1 Samuel 8:8 recounts the same pattern of forsaking God and serving other gods, echoing the snare of foreign gods mentioned here.

Psalm 106:35 describes Israel mingling with nations and learning their ways, which directly leads to the idolatrous snare warned of here.

Ezekiel 28:24 promises removal of the 'pricking brier' and 'grieving thorn' — the very image used here for Israel's enemies.