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A Monotonous Cycle

11 The Israelites did evil before[a] the Lord by worshiping[b] the Baals. 12 They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors[c] who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods—the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped[d] them and made the Lord angry. 13 They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:11 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
  2. Judges 2:11 tn Or “serving”; or “following.”
  3. Judges 2:12 tn Or “fathers.”
  4. Judges 2:12 tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).
  5. Judges 2:13 sn The Ashtoreths were local manifestations of the goddess Astarte.