^16 (A)Then the Lord raised up judges ^[a]who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. ¹⁷ Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they ^[b]committed infidelity with other gods and bowed down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way ^(B)in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do the same as their fathers. ¹⁸ And when the Lord raised up judges for them, ^(C)the Lord was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was ^(D)moved to pity by their groaning because of those who tormented and oppressed them.