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10 Moreover, that entire generation was gathered to their[a] ancestors,[b] and another generation grew up after them who did not know Yahweh or the work he had done for Israel.[c]

Israel Worships the Baals

11 The Israelites[d] did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and they served[e] the Baals. 12 They abandoned Yahweh the God of their ancestors,[f] who brought them out from the land of Egypt. They followed[g] other gods from the gods of the people who were around them; and they bowed down to them, and they provoked the anger of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:10 Hebrew “his”
  2. Judges 2:10 Or “fathers”
  3. Judges 2:10 Judges 2:6–10 is repeated in Joshua 24:28–31
  4. Judges 2:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Judges 2:11 Or “they worshiped”
  6. Judges 2:12 Or “fathers”
  7. Judges 2:12 Literally “went after”

10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.(A) 11 Then the Israelites did evil(B) in the eyes of the Lord(C) and served the Baals.(D) 12 They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods(E) of the peoples around them.(F) They aroused(G) the Lord’s anger(H)

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