Judges 2:14–18

¹⁴And ^qthe anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he ^rdelivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and ^she sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they ^tcould not any longer stand before their enemies. ¹⁵Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and ^uas the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. ¹⁶Nevertheless ^xthe Lord raised up judges, which ^†delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. ¹⁷And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they ^ywent a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: ^zthey turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so. ¹⁸And when the Lord raised them up judges, then ^athe Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for ^bit repented the Lord because of their ^cgroanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.