Jueces 2:22

22 para que por ellos probara yo a Israel, si guardarían ellos el camino del SEÑOR andando por él, como sus padres lo guardaron, o no.

Jueces 2:22 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 2:22

That through them I may prove Israel
Afflict them by them, and so prove or try them, their faith and patience, which are tried by afflictions; and such were the Canaanites to them, as afflictions and temptations are to the spiritual Israel of God; or rather, whether they would keep in the ways of God, or walk in those the Canaanites did, as follows:

whether they will keep the way of the Lord, as their fathers did keep
[it], or not;
whether they would worship the true God their fathers did, or the gods of the Canaanites; not that the Lord was ignorant of what they would do, and so made the experiment; but that the sincerity and faithfulness, or insincerity and unfaithfulness of their hearts, might appear to themselves and others.

Jueces 2:22 In-Context

20 Y la ira del SEÑOR se encendió contra Israel, y dijo: Pues que esta gente traspasa mi pacto que ordené a sus padres, y no escuchen mi voz,

21 tampoco yo echaré más de delante de ellos a ninguno de estos gentiles que dejó Josué cuando murió;

22 para que por ellos probara yo a Israel, si guardarían ellos el camino del SEÑOR andando por él, como sus padres lo guardaron, o no.

23 Por esto dejó el SEÑOR aquellos gentiles, y no los desarraigó luego, ni los entregó en mano de Josué.