Judges 2:11-19
1599 Geneva Bible
11 ¶ Then the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and served [a]Baal,
12 And forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt and followed other gods, even the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
13 So they forsook the Lord, and served (A)Baal, and [b]Ashtoreth.
14 And the wrath of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers, that spoiled them, and he (B)sold them into the hands of their enemies round about them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
15 [c]Whithersoever they went out, the [d]hand of the Lord was sore against them, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: so he punished them sore.
16 ¶ Notwithstanding, the Lord raised up [e]Judges, which [f]delivered them out of the hands of their oppressors.
17 But yet they would not obey their Judges for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them, and turned quickly out of the [g]way, wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the Lord: they did not so.
18 And when the Lord had raised them up Judges, the Lord was with the Judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the Judge (for the Lord [h]had compassion of their groanings, [i]because of them that oppressed them and tormented them.)
19 Yet (C)when the Judge was dead, they returned, and [j]did worse than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and worship them: they ceased not from their own inventions, nor from their rebellious way.
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- Judges 2:11 That is, all manner of idols.
- Judges 2:13 These were Idols, which had the form of an ewe or sheep among the Sidonians.
- Judges 2:15 In all their enterprises.
- Judges 2:15 The vengeance.
- Judges 2:16 Or, magistrates.
- Judges 2:16 Hebrew, saved.
- Judges 2:17 Meaning, from the true religion.
- Judges 2:18 Hebrew, repented.
- Judges 2:18 Seeing their cruelty.
- Judges 2:19 Hebrew, corrupt themselves.
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