⁸ Joshua son of Nun,^(A) the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten.

¹⁰ After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.^{(A) 11} Then the Israelites did evil^(B) in the eyes of the Lord^(C) and served the Baals.^{(D) 12} They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods^(E) of the peoples around them.^(F) They aroused^(G) the Lord’s anger^{(H) 13} because they forsook^(I) him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.^{(J) 14} In his anger^(K) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands^(L) of raiders who plundered^(M) them. He sold them^(N) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.^{(O) 15} Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them^(P) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.^(Q)

¹⁶ Then the Lord raised up judges,^[a](A) who saved^(B) them out of the hands of these raiders.

¹⁸ Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved^(A) them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented^(B) because of their groaning^(C) under those who oppressed and afflicted^(D) them.