Judges 2:14

2:14 The Lord was furious with Israel ¹  and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. ²  He turned them over to ³  their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies’ attacks. ⁴ 

Judges 3:8

3:8 The Lord was furious with Israel ⁵  and turned them over to ⁶  King Cushan-Rishathaim ⁷  of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects ⁸  for eight years.

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ⁹  and gave them ¹⁰  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

² 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.

³ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

⁴ tn The word “attacks” is supplied in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

⁷ tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”

⁸ tn Or “they served Cushan-Rishathaim.”

⁹ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

¹¹ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”