Judges 2:14–18

^14aThe anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and ^bHe sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

¹⁵Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken and ^aas the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.

^16aThen the Lord raised up judges ¹who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them.

¹⁷Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way ^ain which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do as their fathers.

¹⁸When the Lord raised up judges for them, ^athe Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was ^bmoved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.