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13 Because they had abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Astartes,[a] 14 the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel, and he delivered them into the power of plunderers who despoiled them. He sold them into the power of the enemies around them, and they were no longer able to withstand their enemies. 15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord turned against them, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them;(A) and they were in great distress.

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  1. 2:13 The Astartes: Ashtoreth, or Astarte, was an important Canaanite and Phoenician goddess. The plural form used here probably refers to foreign goddesses in general.

13 because they forsook(A) him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.(B) 14 In his anger(C) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands(D) of raiders who plundered(E) them. He sold them(F) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.(G) 15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them(H) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.(I)

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