Judges 2:14
in Judges 2Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
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ASV
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
KJV
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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This verse in Judges 2
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAs long as a people serves God, they are not "delivered into the hands of plunderers." But when they "abandon the Lord" and begin to serve their own passions, then it is said of them that "God gave them over to shameful passions" and, again, "He gave them over to a reprobate mind, that they would do unsuitable things." Why? Because, he says, "they were filled with every iniquity, wickedness, fornication, greed" and all other evils.
This site's exposition
the anger of the LORD burned against Israel
on Judges 2:14-15
"He sold them into the hands of their enemies", and the word sold treats the nation as property changing owner. Verse 15 says "the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them". This points back to the curses of Deuteronomy 28.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
After the death of Joshua the son of Nave [Nun] they forsook the God of their fathers and served idols, Baalim and Ashtaroth; and the Lord in anger delivered them up to the hands of plunderers, and they continued to be plundered by them and to be sold to their adversaries, and [they] could not at all stand before their enemies. Wherever they went forth, his hand was upon them for evil, and they were greatly distressed. And after this God sets judges, the same as our censors, over them. But not even these did they continue steadfastly to obey. So soon as one of the judges died, they proceeded to transgress more than their fathers had done by going after the gods of others and serving and worshiping them. Therefore the Lord was angry. "Since, indeed," he says, "this nation has transgressed my covenant which I established with their fathers and has not hearkened to my voice, I will not remove from them any of the nations which Joshua left at his death." And thus, throughout almost all the annals of the judges and of the kings who succeeded them, while the strength of the surrounding nations was preserved, he meted wrath out to Israel by war and captivity and a foreign yoke, as often as they turned aside from him, especially to idolatry.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel,....
He was wroth with them, for he is a jealous God and true to the honour of his own name; and the way he took to punish them for their apostasy was to make those their tormentors whom they yielded to as their tempters. They made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God as they would have been great and happy if they had continued faithful to him.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The hands of spoilers - Probably marauding parties of the Canaanites, making frequent incursions in their lands, carrying away cattle, spoiling their crops, etc.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the monarchy. served Baalim--The plural is used to include all the gods of the country.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But all these calamities were designed only as chastisements--a course of correctional discipline by which God brought His people to see and repent of their errors; for as they returned to faith and allegiance, He "raised up judges" (Jud 2:16).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Consult the marginal references. The phrase, “he sold them into the hands etc.,” is first found in Deu 32:30.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Wherever they went, the hand of Adonoy was destructive to them. This refers to Elimelech, Machlon, and Chilyon— 13 Naomi’s husband and two sons, mentioned in the opening passages of the Book of Rus. They were punished with poverty and then death. See Rashi to Megilas Rus, ch.1. Seder Olam.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽחַר־ | vaiyichar- | and it burned | H2734 → | 91 times |
| אַ֤ף | ʾaf | [the] anger of | H639 → | 276 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | beyisrael | on Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַֽיִּתְּנֵם֙ | vaiyitenem | and he gave them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| שֹׁסִ֔ים | shosim | plunderers | H8154 → | |
| וַיָּשֹׁ֖סּוּ | vaiyashosu | and they plundered | H8155 → | |
| אוֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֞ם | vaiyimkerem | and he sold them | H4376 → | 80 times |
| בְּיַ֤ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם֙ | ʾoyveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
| מִסָּבִ֔יב | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָכְל֣וּ | yakhelu | they were able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| ע֔וֹד | od | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| לַעֲמֹ֖ד | laamod | to stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾoyveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
וַיִּֽחַר־and it burned
vaiyichar-H2734 →91 times
אַ֤ף[the] anger of
ʾafH639 →276 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לon Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַֽיִּתְּנֵם֙and he gave them
vaiyitenemH5414 →2011 times
בְּיַד־in [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
שֹׁסִ֔יםplunderers
shosimH8154 →
וַיָּשֹׁ֖סּוּand they plundered
vaiyashosuH8155 →
אוֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֞םand he sold them
vaiyimkeremH4376 →80 times
בְּיַ֤דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם֙enemies their
ʾoyveihemH341 →282 times
מִסָּבִ֔יבfrom round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָכְל֣וּthey were able
yakheluH3201 →194 times
ע֔וֹדstill
odH5750 →490 times
לַעֲמֹ֖דto stand
laamodH5975 →521 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃enemies their
ʾoyveihemH341 →282 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Joshua 23:10
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
- Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Psalms 44:12
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
- Leviticus 26:8
Through
2 Kings 17:20So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- Jeremiah 6:30
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
- 2 Kings 13:3
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
- 2 Kings 15:29
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JUDGES 2.5 and Tertullian, SCORPIACE 3.