Discovery BoxJudges 2:12 
Context2:12 They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors 1 who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods – the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped 2 them and made the Lord angry.
Judges 2:20
ContextA Divine Decision
2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. 3 He said, “This nation 4 has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors 5 by disobeying me. 6
1 tn Or “fathers.”
2 tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).
3 tn Or “The
4 tn Heb “Because this nation.”
5 tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”
6 tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.
