15 Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord[a] was against them(A) and brought disaster on them, just as He had promised and sworn to them.(B) So they suffered greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:15 Lit the hand of the Lord

Why Israel Fell

This disaster happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt(A) and because they had worshiped[a] other gods.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:7 Lit feared

12 this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I am about to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that everyone who hears about it will shudder.(A)

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I form light and create darkness,(A)
I make success and create disaster;(B)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

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Therefore, the Lord says:

I am now planning(A) a disaster
against this nation;(B)
you cannot free your necks from it.(C)
Then you will not walk so proudly(D)
because it will be an evil time.(E)

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