27 So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,(A) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion(B) you gave them deliverers,(C) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

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21 Deliverers(A) will go up on[a] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(B)

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  1. Obadiah 1:21 Or from

10 we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.(A) 11 All Israel has transgressed(B) your law(C) and turned away, refusing to obey you.

“Therefore the curses(D) and sworn judgments(E) written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned(F) against you. 12 You have fulfilled(G) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.(H) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like(I) what has been done to Jerusalem.(J) 13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord(K) our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.(L) 14 The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster(M) on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does;(N) yet we have not obeyed him.(O)

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41 He gave them into the hands(A) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed(B) them
    and subjected them to their power.
43 Many times he delivered them,(C)
    but they were bent on rebellion(D)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;(E)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(F)
    and out of his great love(G) he relented.(H)

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17 He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,[a](A) who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men(B) or young women, the elderly or the infirm.(C) God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.(D)

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  1. 2 Chronicles 36:17 Or Chaldeans

27 And since the Lord had not said he would blot out(A) the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved(B) them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

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The Lord provided a deliverer(A) for Israel, and they escaped from the power of Aram. So the Israelites lived in their own homes as they had before.

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10 They cried(A) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken(B) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.(C) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11 Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,[a](D) Barak,[b](E) Jephthah(F) and Samuel,[c](G) and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:11 Also called Gideon
  2. 1 Samuel 12:11 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan
  3. 1 Samuel 12:11 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac Samson

15 But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best,(A) but please rescue us now.” 16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord.(B) And he could bear Israel’s misery(C) no longer.(D)

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Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out(A) to the Lord for help.

When the Israelites cried out(B) to the Lord because of Midian, he sent them a prophet,(C) who said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt,(D) out of the land of slavery.(E) I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors;(F) I drove them out before you and gave you their land.(G) 10 I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship(H) the gods of the Amorites,(I) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

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The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(A) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(B) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](C) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years. But when they cried out(D) to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer,(E) Othniel(F) son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them. 10 The Spirit of the Lord came on him,(G) so that he became Israel’s judge[b] and went to war. The Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim(H) king of Aram(I) into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him. 11 So the land had peace(J) for forty years,(K) until Othniel son of Kenaz(L) died.

Ehud

12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(M) and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab(N) power over Israel. 13 Getting the Ammonites(O) and Amalekites(P) to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.[c](Q) 14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab(R) for eighteen years.

15 Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer(S)—Ehud(T), a left-handed(U) man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute(V) to Eglon king of Moab. 16 Now Ehud(W) had made a double-edged sword about a cubit[d] long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing. 17 He presented the tribute(X) to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man.(Y) 18 After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it. 19 But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.”

The king said to his attendants, “Leave us!” And they all left.

20 Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace[e](Z) and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose(AA) from his seat, 21 Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword(AB) from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly. 22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it. 23 Then Ehud went out to the porch[f]; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

24 After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, “He must be relieving himself(AC) in the inner room of the palace.” 25 They waited to the point of embarrassment,(AD) but when he did not open the doors of the room, they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their lord fallen to the floor, dead.

26 While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah. 27 When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet(AE) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.

28 “Follow me,” he ordered, “for the Lord has given Moab,(AF) your enemy, into your hands.(AG)” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan(AH) that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over. 29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped. 30 That day Moab(AI) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace(AJ) for eighty years.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
  2. Judges 3:10 Or leader
  3. Judges 3:13 That is, Jericho
  4. Judges 3:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  5. Judges 3:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 24.
  6. Judges 3:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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.

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14 In his anger(A) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands(B) of raiders who plundered(C) them. He sold them(D) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.(E) 15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them(F) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.(G)

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

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  1. Judges 2:16 Or leaders; similarly in verses 17-19

16 And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors,(A) and these people will soon prostitute(B) themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake(C) me and break the covenant I made with them. 17 And in that day I will become angry(D) with them and forsake(E) them; I will hide(F) my face(G) from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters(H) and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’(I) 18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

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29 But if from there you seek(A) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul.(C) 30 When you are in distress(D) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(E) you will return(F) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(G) God; he will not abandon(H) or destroy(I) you or forget(J) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

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