THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
In addition to his encouragement, he included warnings. For he proclaimed, "If you do this, behold, the Lord will not remove these tongues from your view; they will become a snare and a temptation... in your sides and in your sufferings... in your hair, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has bestowed upon you." The account of the Judges clarifies this further. Let us understand why the Hebrews have not taken full possession of the land as promised by God; it is because they have cherished connections with sinful nations and have started to emulate their wickedness, leading them to be stripped of Divine protection and forced into servitude.