Judges 2:12

2:12 They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors ¹  who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods – the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped ²  them and made the Lord angry.

Judges 2:20

A Divine Decision

2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. ³  He said, “This nation ⁴  has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors ⁵  by disobeying me. ⁶ 

[2:12]  ¹ tn Or “fathers.”

[2:12]  ² tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).

[2:20]  ³ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “Because this nation.”

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”

[2:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.