Revised Version 1895

Judges 2

1And theangelמַלְאַךְ־mal.'akh-H4397of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068cameH935upוַיַּ֧עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927fromGilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֖לha.gil.GalH1537toBochimהַבֹּכִ֑ים פha.bo.KhimH1066. And hesaidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559, Imadeנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nish.Ba'.tiH7650youH834togoH935upאַעֲלֶ֨ה'a.'a.LehH5927outמִן־min-H4480ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֗יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and havebroughtH935youH834unto thelandהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834I sware unto yourfathersלַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םla.'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1; and Isaidוָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.MarH559, I willneverלֹֽא־lo'-H3808breakאָפֵ֧ר'a.FerH6565mycovenantבְּרִיתִ֛יbe.ri.TiH1285withyouH834:

2and ye shallmakeH6213noלֹֽא־lo'-H3808covenantבְרִית֙ve.RitH1285with theinhabitantsלְיֽוֹשְׁבֵי֙le.yo.she.VeiH3427of thislandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776; ye shallbreakH5422downH5422theiraltarsמִזְבְּחוֹתֵיהֶ֖םmiz.be.cho.tei.HemH4196: but ye havenotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808hearkened unto myvoiceבְּקֹלִ֖יbe.ko.LiH6963:whyמַה־mah-H4100have yedoneH6213this?

3Wherefore I alsosaidאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, I willnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808driveאֲגָרֵ֥שׁ'a.ga.ReshH1644themoutH1644frombeforeH6440youH6440; but they shall be as thorns in yoursidesלְצִדִּ֔יםle.tzi.DimH6654, and theirgodsוֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םve.Lo.hei.HemH430shall be asnareלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃le.mo.KeshH4170untoyouH6440.

4And itcameH1961topassH1961, when theangelמַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'AkhH4397of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068spaketheseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697untoallכָּל־kol-H3605thechildrenבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, that thepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971liftedוַיִּשְׂא֥וּvai.yis.'UH5375upH5375theirvoiceקוֹלָ֖םko.LamH6963, andweptוַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃vai.yiv.KuH1058.

5And theycalledוַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121thenameשֵֽׁם־shem-H8034of thatplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725Bochimבֹּכִ֑יםbo.KhimH1066: and theysacrificedוַיִּזְבְּחוּ־vai.yiz.be.chu-H2076there unto theLORDלַֽיהוָֽה׃ פla.Yah.wehH3068.

6Now whenJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091hadsentH7971thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971awayוַיְשַׁלַּ֥חvay.sha.LachH7971, thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478wentH376everyH376manH376unto hisinheritanceלְנַחֲלָת֖וֹle.na.cha.la.ToH5159topossessלָרֶ֥שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

7And thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971servedוַיַּעַבְד֤וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068allכֹּ֖לkolH3605thedaysH3117ofJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091, andallוְכֹ֣ל׀ve.KholH3605thedaysH3117of theeldersהַזְּקֵנִ֗יםha.ze.ke.NimH2205thatoutlivedאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310Joshuaיְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091, who hadseenרָא֗וּra.'UH7200allכָּל־kol-H3605thegreatהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419workמַעֲשֵׂ֤הma.'a.SehH4639of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, that he hadwroughtH4639forIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

8AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091thesonH1121ofNunנ֖וּןnunH5126, theservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,diedוַיָּ֛מָתvai.Ya.motH4191,beingH1121anhundredמֵאָ֥הme.'AhH3967andtenוָעֶ֖שֶׂרva.'E.serH6235yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141oldH1121.

9And theyburiedוַיִּקְבְּר֤וּvai.yik.be.RuH6912him in theborderבִּגְב֣וּלbig.VulH1366of hisinheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159in Timnath-heres, in thehillבְּהַ֣רbe.HarH2022countryH2022ofEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, on thenorthמִצְּפ֖וֹןmi.tze.FonH6828of themountainלְהַר־le.har-H2022ofGaashגָּֽעַשׁ׃Ga.'ashH1608.

10And alsoallכָּל־kol-H3605thatgenerationהַדּ֣וֹרha.DorH1755weregatheredנֶאֶסְפ֖וּne.'es.FuH622unto theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֑יו'a.vo.TavH1: and therearoseוַיָּקָם֩vai.ya.KamH6965anotherאַחֵ֜ר'a.CherH312generationדּ֨וֹרDorH1755afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them,whichאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834knewיָֽדְעוּ֙ya.de.'UH3045notH3808theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,norH3808yet theworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he hadwroughtH4639forIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

11And thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478didוַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213thatwhichH5869wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647the Baalim:

12and they forsook theLORDיְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֗ם'a.vo.TamH1,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834broughtH3318themoutH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַיִם֒mitz.ra.YimH4714, andfollowedH310otherאֲחֵרִ֗ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, of thegodsמֵאֱלֹהֵ֤יme.'e.lo.HeiH430of thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּים֙ha.'a.MimH5971that wereroundH5439aboutH5439them, andbowedH7812themselvesH310downוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812unto them: and theyprovokedH3707theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068toangerוַיַּכְעִ֖סוּvai.yakh.'I.suH3707.

13And they forsook theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֥וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647Baalלַבַּ֖עַלla.Ba.'alH1168and theAshtarothוְלָעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃ve.la.'ash.ta.RotH6252.

14And theangerאַ֤ף'afH639of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068waskindledH2734againstH2734Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, and hedeliveredH5414themintoH3027thehandsבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of spoilers that spoiled them, and hesoldוַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֞םvai.yim.ke.RemH4376themintoH3027thehandsבְּיַ֤דbe.YadH3027of theirenemiesאֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם֙'oy.vei.HemH341roundמִסָּבִ֔יבmi.sa.VivH5439aboutH5439,soH5414that theycouldיָכְל֣וּya.khe.LuH3201notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808anyH5750longerH5750standלַעֲמֹ֖דla.'a.ModH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theirenemiesאוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃'oy.vei.HemH341.

15Whithersoever theywentH3318outH3318, thehandיַד־yad-H3027of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068wasagainstH1696them forevilלְרָעָ֔הle.ra.'AhH7451, as theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hadspokenדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696, and as theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hadswornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650unto them: and they were sore distressed.

16And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068raisedH6965upH6965judgesשֹֽׁפְטִ֑יםsho.fe.TimH8199, whichsavedH3467themoutH6965of thehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027ofthoseH3467that spoiled them.

17And yet they hearkenednotלֹ֣אlo'H3808unto theirjudgesשֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙sho.fe.tei.HemH8199, for theywentH1980a whoringafterH310otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, andbowedH7812themselvesH310downוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812unto them: theyturnedH5493asideסָ֣רוּSa.ruH5493quicklyמַהֵ֗רma.HerH4118outמִן־min-H4480of thewayהַדֶּ֜רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870whereinאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֛ם'a.vo.TamH1walkedהָלְכ֧וּha.le.KhuH1980,obeyingH8085thecommandmentsמִצְוֹת־mitz.vot-H4687of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068; but theydidעָ֥שׂוּ'A.suH6213notלֹא־lo'-H3808soכֵֽן׃KhenH3651.

18And when theLORDיְהוָ֥ה׀Yah.wehH3068raisedH6965themupH6965judgesשֹֽׁפְטִים֒sho.fe.TimH8199, then theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was with thejudgeהַשֹּׁפֵ֔טha.sho.FetH8199, andsavedוְהֽוֹשִׁיעָם֙ve.ho.shi.'AmH3467themoutמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440of thehandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of theirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341allכֹּ֖לkolH3605thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thejudgeהַשּׁוֹפֵ֑טha.sho.FetH8199: for itrepentedיִנָּחֵ֤םyi.na.ChemH5162theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068becauseH3588of theirgroaningמִנַּֽאֲקָתָ֔םmi.na.'a.ka.TamH5009by reason of them thatoppressedלֹחֲצֵיהֶ֖םlo.cha.tzei.HemH3905them and vexed them.

19But itcameH1961topassH1961, when thejudgeהַשּׁוֹפֵ֗טha.sho.FetH8199wasdeadבְּמ֣וֹתbe.MotH4191, that theyturnedH7725backיָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ya.Shu.vuH7725, and dealtmoreH3808corruptlyוְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּve.hish.Chi.tuH7843thanH3808theirfathersמֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔םme.'a.vo.TamH1, infollowingאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430toserveלְעָבְדָ֖םle.'a.ve.DamH5647them, and tobowוּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תu.le.hish.ta.cha.VotH7812downH7812unto them; they ceasednotH3808from theirdoingsמִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םmi.Ma.'a.lei.HemH4611,norH3808from theirstubbornהַקָּשָֽׁה׃ha.ka.ShahH7186wayוּמִדַּרְכָּ֖םu.mi.dar.KamH1870.

20And theangerאַ֥ף'afH639of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068waskindledH2734againstH2734Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478; and hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Becauseיַעַן֩ya.'AnH3282thisnationהַגּ֣וֹיha.GoyH1471have transgressed mycovenantבְּרִיתִי֙be.ri.TiH1285whichH834Icommandedצִוִּ֣יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1, and havenotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808hearkened unto myvoiceלְקוֹלִֽי׃le.ko.LiH6963;

21I also willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808henceforthdriveלְהוֹרִ֥ישׁle.ho.RishH3423outH4480anyH4480frombeforeמִפְּנֵיהֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.HemH6440them of thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֛םha.go.YimH1471whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091leftעָזַ֥ב'a.ZavH5800when hediedוַיָּמֹֽת׃vai.ya.MotH4191:

22that by them I may proveIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whetherאִם־'im-H518they willkeepהֲשֹׁמְרִ֣יםha.sho.me.RimH8104thewayדֶּ֨רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068towalkH1870therein, as theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֖ם'a.vo.TamH1didכַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.SherH834keepשָׁמְר֥וּsha.me.RuH8104it, ornotלֹֽא׃Lo'H3808.

23SoH5414theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068leftH5414thoseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428nationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471,withoutH3808drivingH3423themoutH3423hastily;neitherH3808deliveredH5414he themintoH3027thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofJoshuaיְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃ פye.ho.Shu.a'H3091.

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