I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
Now this is just a brief summary of the book of Judges. God raised up judges. During the period of the judges they would be delivered from the oppression of the enemy, but then they would turn away from God and go right back to their evil ways, the worshipping of the false gods and all. And they would go into oppression again and God would raise up another judge and the story is repeated over and over and over through the book of Judges. When will people learn? You know, you look at this sad situation and you wonder what's wrong with you people? Why can't you see it? Yet it is a tragic pattern that they followed over and over again.