Judges 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 

Le 26:28; Le 26:37; Nu 32:14; De 28:20,58; De 29:19,20; De 31:17,18; De 32:30; Jos 7:12,13; Jud 1:19,34; Jud 3:7,8; Jud 3:8; Jud 4:2; Jud 10:7; 2Ki 17:20; 2Ch 15:5; 2Ch 36:16; Ps 44:9,10; Ps 44:12; Ps 106:40-42; Isa 50:1; Jer 37:10

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.