NET Bible
"The LORD raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers."
— Judges 2:16, NET Bible
“Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.”
“And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them. ”
“Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.”
“And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them,”
“Then the Lord gave them judges, as their saviours from the hands of those who were cruel to them.”
“Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.”
They abandoned the LORD and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.
The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.
Whenever they went out to fight, the LORD did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.
The LORD raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.
But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD’s commands, but they did not.
When the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The LORD felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.
When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.