Judges 2:21 BBE

¹⁹  But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

²⁰  And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he said, Because this nation has not been true to my agreement which I made with their fathers, and has not given ear to my voice;

²¹  From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of Joshua were still living in this land;

²²  In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.

²³  So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.