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Judges 2:7-17

7Andthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971servedH5647JehovahallthedaysH3117ofJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,andallthedaysH3117oftheeldersH2205thatoutlivedJoshuaיְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,whohadseenH7200allthegreatהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419workמַעֲשֵׂ֤הma.'a.SehH4639ofJehovahthathehadwroughtforIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

8AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091thesonH1121ofNunנ֖וּןnunH5126,theservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650ofJehovah,diedH4191,beingahundredמֵאָ֥הme.'AhH3967andtenוָעֶ֖שֶׂרva.'E.serH6235yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141old.

9AndtheyburiedH6912himintheborderH1366ofhisinheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159inTimnath-heres,inthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,onthenorthמִצְּפ֖וֹןmi.tze.FonH6828ofthemountainH2022ofGaashגָּֽעַשׁ׃Ga.'ashH1608.

10AndalsoH1571allthatgenerationהַדּ֣וֹרha.DorH1755weregatheredנֶאֶסְפ֖וּne.'es.FuH622untotheirfathersH1:andtherearoseוַיָּקָם֩vai.ya.KamH6965anothergenerationדּ֨וֹרDorH1755afterthem,thatknewH3045notJehovah,noryettheworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639whichhehadwroughtforIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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.

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