Judges 2:2-17 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

2. and you promised not to make any peace treaties with the other nations that live in the land. Besides that, you agreed to tear down the altars where they sacrifice to their idols. But you didn't keep your promise.

3. And so, I'll stop helping you defeat your enemies. Instead, they will be there to trap you into worshipping their idols.

4. The Israelites started crying loudly,

5. and they offered sacrifices to the Lord. From then on, they called that place “Crying”.

10. After a while the people of Joshua's generation died, and the next generation did not know the Lord or any of the things he had done for Israel.

16. From time to time, the Lord would choose special leaders known as judges. These judges would lead the Israelites into battle and defeat the enemies that made raids on them.

17. In years gone by, the Israelites had been faithful to the Lord, but now they were quick to be unfaithful and to refuse even to listen to these judges. The Israelites would disobey the Lord, and instead of worshipping him, they would worship other gods.

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