Judges 2:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ The Lord was angry with the people of Israel, so he ·handed them over to [gave them into the hand of] ·robbers [raiders; plunderers] who took their possessions. He ·let their enemies who lived around them defeat them [^Lsold them into the hand of their enemies around them]; they could not ·protect themselves [resist/^Lstand before them]. ¹⁵ When the Israelites went out to fight, ·they always lost, because the Lord was not with them [^Lthe hand of the Lord was against them for harm/evil]. The Lord had sworn to them this would happen. So the Israelites ·suffered very much [were in great distress].

God Chooses Judges

¹⁶ Then the Lord ·chose leaders called [^Lraised up] ·judges [leaders; ^Cnot courtroom judges, but leaders who guided the nation through difficult times, sometimes as military commanders], ·who saved the Israelites from [^Lto deliver them from the hand of] the ·robbers [raiders; plunderers].