What does Judges 2:23 mean?

Judges 2:23 highlights themes such as divine sovereignty, patience, judgment when read in context.

How should I apply Judges 2:23 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

22That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

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2 Peter 3:9
Both verses reflect God's patience and desire for repentance rather than immediate judgment.