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Judges 2:11-19

11AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478didthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,andservedH5647theBaalim;

12andtheyforsookJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheirfathersH1,whobroughtH3318themoutofthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַיִם֒mitz.ra.YimH4714,andfollowedotherאֲחֵרִ֗ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,ofthegodsמֵאֱלֹהֵ֤יme.'e.lo.HeiH430ofthepeoplesH5971thatwereroundH5439aboutthem,andbowedH7812themselvesdownוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812untothem:andtheyprovokedH3707Jehovahtoangerוַיַּכְעִ֖סוּvai.yakh.'I.suH3707.

13AndtheyforsookJehovah,andservedH5647Baalלַבַּ֖עַלla.Ba.'alH1168andtheAshtarothוְלָעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃ve.la.'ash.ta.RotH6252.

14Andtheangerאַ֤ף'afH639ofJehovahwaskindledagainstIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andhedeliveredthemintothehandsבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofspoilersthatdespoiledthem;andhesoldH4376themintothehandsבְּיַ֤דbe.YadH3027oftheirenemiesאֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם֙'oy.vei.HemH341roundמִסָּבִ֔יבmi.sa.VivH5439about,sothattheycouldnotanylongerstandלַעֲמֹ֖דla.'a.ModH5975beforetheirenemiesאוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃'oy.vei.HemH341.

15WhithersoevertheywentH3318out,thehandיַד־yad-H3027ofJehovahwasH1961againstthemforevilH7451,asJehovahhadspokenדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696,andasJehovahhadswornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650untothem:andtheyweresore distressed.

16AndJehovahraisedH6965upjudgesH8199,whosavedH3467themoutofthehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027ofthosethatdespoiledthem.

17AndyettheyhearkenednotuntotheirjudgesH8199;fortheyplayedH2181theharlotafterotherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,andbowedH7812themselvesdownוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812untothem:theyturnedH5493asideסָ֣רוּSa.ruH5493quicklyמַהֵ֗רma.HerH4118outofthewayהַדֶּ֜רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870whereintheirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֛ם'a.vo.TamH1walkedהָלְכ֧וּha.le.KhuH1980,obeyingthecommandmentsמִצְוֹת־mitz.vot-H4687ofJehovah;buttheydidnotsoכֵֽן׃KhenH3651.

18AndwhenJehovahraisedH6965themupjudgesH8199,thenJehovahwasH1961withthejudgeH8199,andsavedH3467themoutofthehandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027oftheirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341allthedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofthejudgeH8199:foritrepentedH5162Jehovahbecauseoftheirgroaningמִנַּֽאֲקָתָ֔םmi.na.'a.ka.TamH5009byreasonofthemthatoppressedH3905themandvexedthem.

19Butitcametopass,whenthejudgeהַשּׁוֹפֵ֗טha.sho.FetH8199wasH1961deadH4191,thattheyturnedH7725backיָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ya.Shu.vuH7725,anddealtmorecorruptlyוְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּve.hish.Chi.tuH7843thantheirfathersמֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔םme.'a.vo.TamH1,infollowingotherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430toserveלְעָבְדָ֖םle.'a.ve.DamH5647them,andtobowוּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תu.le.hish.ta.cha.VotH7812downH7812untothem;theyceasednotfromtheirdoings,norfromtheirstubbornהַקָּשָֽׁה׃ha.ka.ShahH7186wayוּמִדַּרְכָּ֖םu.mi.dar.KamH1870.

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