Judges 2:14

2:14 The Lord was furious with Israel ¹  and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. ²  He turned them over to ³  their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies’ attacks. ⁴ 

Judges 2:20

A Divine Decision

2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. ⁵  He said, “This nation ⁶  has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors ⁷  by disobeying me. ⁸ 

Judges 3:8

3:8 The Lord was furious with Israel ⁹  and turned them over to ¹⁰  King Cushan-Rishathaim ¹¹  of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects ¹²  for eight years.

Judges 6:39

6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ¹³  Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” ¹⁴ 

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ¹⁵  and gave them ¹⁶  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹⁷ 

[2:14]  ¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:14]  ² tn Heb “robbers who robbed them.” (The verb שָׁסָה [shasah] appears twice in the verse.)

[2:14]  ³ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[2:14]  ⁴ tn The word “attacks” is supplied in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “Because this nation.”

[2:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”

[2:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.

[3:8]  ⁹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”

[3:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[3:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”

[3:8]  ¹² tn Or “they served Cushan-Rishathaim.”

[6:39]  ¹³ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

[6:39]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

[14:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

[14:19]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

[14:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”