Judges 2:12-15

English Standard Version

^12 (A)And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. ^(B)They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and ^(C)bowed down to them. ^(D)And they provoked the Lord to anger. ¹³ They abandoned the Lord ^(E)and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. ^14 (F)So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he ^(G)gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. ^(H)And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, ^(I)so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. ¹⁵ Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, ^(J)and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.