Discovery BoxJoshua 23:13-15 
Context23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; 1 they will be a whip that tears 2 your sides and thorns that blind 3 your eyes until you disappear 4 from this good land the Lord your God gave you.
23:14 “Look, today I am about to die. 5 You know with all your heart and being 6 that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled! 7 23:15 But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, 8 it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment 9 until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you.
1 tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”
2 tn Heb “in.”
3 tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”
4 tn Or “perish.”
5 tn Heb “go the way of all the earth.”
6 tn Or “soul.”
7 tn Heb “one word from all these words which the
8 tn Heb “and it will be as every good word which the
9 tn Heb “so the
