Discovery BoxJudges 2:14-15 
Context2:14 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 2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, 5 the Lord did them harm, 6 just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. 7 They suffered greatly. 8
1 tn Or “The
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 The expression “to fight” is interpretive.
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”
8 tn Or “they experienced great distress.”
