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Judges 2:16-19

16Nevertheless theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068raisedupוַיָּ֥קֶםvai.Ya.kemH6965judgesשֹֽׁפְטִ֑יםsho.fe.TimH8199, whodeliveredוַיּ֣וֹשִׁיע֔וּםvai.Yo.o.shi.'UmH3467them out of thehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027of those thatspoiledשֹׁסֵיהֶֽם׃sho.sei.HemH8154them.

17And yet they would nothearkenשָׁמֵ֔עוּsha.Me.'uH8085to theirjudgesשֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙sho.fe.tei.HemH8199, but they played the harlotwithזָנ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙za.Nu 'a.cha.ReiH2181 H310otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, andbowedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812themselves to them: theyturnedסָ֣רוּSa.ruH5493quicklyמַהֵ֗רma.HerH4118out of thewayהַדֶּ֜רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870which theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֛ם'a.vo.TamH1walkedinהָלְכ֧וּha.le.KhuH1980,obeyingלִשְׁמֹ֥עַlish.Mo.a'H8085thecommandmentsמִצְוֹת־mitz.vot-H4687of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068; but theydidעָ֥שׂוּ'A.suH6213not so.

18And when theLORDיְהוָ֥ה׀Yah.wehH3068raisedהֵקִ֨יםhe.KimH6965upjudgesשֹֽׁפְטִים֒sho.fe.TimH8199for them, then theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was with thejudgeהַשֹּׁפֵ֔טha.sho.FetH8199, anddeliveredוְהֽוֹשִׁיעָם֙ve.ho.shi.'AmH3467them out of thehandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of theirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341all thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thejudgeהַשּׁוֹפֵ֑טha.sho.FetH8199: for theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068repentedיִנָּחֵ֤םyi.na.ChemH5162becauseמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440of theirgroaningsמִנַּֽאֲקָתָ֔םmi.na.'a.ka.TamH5009by reason of them thatoppressedלֹחֲצֵיהֶ֖םlo.cha.tzei.HemH3905them andburdenedוְדֹחֲקֵיהֶֽם׃ve.do.cha.kei.HemH1766them.

19And it came to pass, when thejudgeהַשּׁוֹפֵ֗טha.sho.FetH8199wasdeadH4194, that theyreturnedיָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ya.Shu.vuH7725, andcorruptedוְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּve.hish.Chi.tuH7843themselves more than theirfathersמֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔םme.'a.vo.TamH1, infollowingאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH3212 H310otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430toserveלְעָבְדָ֖םle.'a.ve.DamH5647them, and to bowdownוּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תu.le.hish.ta.cha.VotH7812to them; theyceasedהִפִּ֙ילוּ֙hi.Pi.luH5307not from their owndoingsמִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םmi.Ma.'a.lei.HemH4611, nor from theirstubbornהַקָּשָֽׁה׃ha.ka.ShahH7186wayוּמִדַּרְכָּ֖םu.mi.dar.KamH1870.

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