In Judges, chapter two, verse three, our failure to seek God earnestly and to follow His righteous ways will cause Him to withdraw His help, power, and protection from our lives. The Israelite’s failure to continue on the righteous path is due to compromise. They started their journey in obedience by following the instruction from God: but failed to uphold the word against the Canaanites and the other tribes. Instead of seeking God, they decided to look for other opportunities that were not concerned with the commands of the Angel of the Lord. Did this have to do with not having a physical leader such as Joshua, who passed?
The great Angel of the covenant, the word, the Son of God, who spoke with Divine authority as Jehovah and now called them to account for their disobedience. The great Angel of the covenant, the word, the Son of God, who spoke with Divine authority as Jehovah and now called them to account for their disobedience. God set forth what he had done for Israel and what he had promised. Those who throw off communion with God, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, know not what they do now and will have nothing to say for themselves on the day of account shortly. They must expect to suffer for this folly.
Those people deceive themselves and expect advantages from friendship with God’s enemies. God often makes men’s sins their punishment, and thorns and snares are in the way of the froward, who will walk contrary to God. The people wept, crying out against their folly and ingratitude. They trembled at the word and not without cause. It is a wonder sinners can ever read the Bible with dry eyes. Had they kept close to God and their duty, then no voice but that of singing a believer would be hearing in their congregation. However, their sin and folly made others work for themselves, and nothing but the voice of weeping. The worship of God, in its nature, is joy, praise, and thanksgiving; our sins alone render weeping needful.