Judges 2:11

A Monotonous Cycle

2:11 The Israelites did evil before ¹  the Lord by worshiping ²  the Baals.

Judges 2:14-15

2:14 The Lord was furious with Israel ³  and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. ⁴  He turned them over to ⁵  their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies’ attacks. ⁶  2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, ⁷  the Lord did them harm, ⁸  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. ⁹  They suffered greatly. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

² tn Or “serving”; or “following.”

³ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

⁴ tn Heb “robbers who robbed them.” (The verb שָׁסָה [shasah] appears twice in the verse.)

sn The expression robbers who plundered them is a derogatory reference to the enemy nations, as the next line indicates.

⁵ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

⁶ tn The word “attacks” is supplied in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

⁸ tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

⁹ tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

¹⁰ tn Or “they experienced great distress.”