2:14 he gave them over. See Deut. 28:48; 1 Sam. 12:9. Israel’s enemies and oppressors had no power over God’s people unless God allowed it. Israel’s conquest is now reversed, as people from outside Canaan (Arameans, Moabites, Midianites, Amalekites, and Philistines) oppress Israel, the new inhabitants of the land (3:8–12; 4:2; 6:1; 10:7; 13:1).