Judges 2:10-12

2:10 That entire generation passed away; 1  a new generation grew up 2  that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. 3 

A Monotonous Cycle

2:11 The Israelites did evil before 4  the Lord by worshiping 5  the Baals. 2:12 They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors 6  who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods – the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped 7  them and made the Lord angry.

1 tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”

2 tn Heb “arose after them.”

3 tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.

4 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

5 tn Or “serving”; or “following.”

6 tn Or “fathers.”

7 tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).