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

¹⁷ Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted^(A) themselves to other gods^(B) and worshiped them.^(C) They quickly turned^(D) from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the Lord’s commands.^(E)