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Meanwhile the men of Joseph made an expedition against Bethel, where the Lord gave them good speed. (Judges 1, 22)
And now the Lord’s angel✻ removed from Galgal to the place that is called Lamentation. And his message was, I have taken you away from Egypt, and brought you to this land in fulfilment of the promise I made to your fathers, an oath irrevocable. (Judges 2, 1)
In this place of tears they offered the Lord sacrifice. (Judges 2, 5)
While he lived, and indeed long after, while those others lived who were old enough to remember the signal mercies shown to them, Israel remained true to the Lord. (Judges 2, 7)
But Josue the son of Nun died, after a hundred and ten years spent in the Lord’s service, (Judges 2, 8)
And when all the men of his generation had become a part of their people, a new generation arose, to whom the Lord’s power was still untried, his dealings with Israel still unknown. (Judges 2, 10)
And now the sons of Israel defied the Lord to his face, and began to worship the gods of the country-side. (Judges 2, 11)
Not for them the Lord God of their fathers, who had rescued them from Egypt; they must have new gods to worship, gods of the nations that dwelt around them; they must challenge the Lord’s anger (Judges 2, 12)
Thus angered, the Lord left Israel at the mercy of invaders who plundered them, betrayed them to those enemies of theirs who lived round about. No longer could they make head against their adversaries; (Judges 2, 14)
march where they would, the Lord still fought against them, true to his threat, true to the oath he had taken, and it fared ill indeed with them. (Judges 2, 15)
still they would play the wanton, and worship alien gods; so quick were they to forsake their father’s ways, and disobey the Lord’s known will. (Judges 2, 17)
First a chieftain would arise, and the Lord, in his days, would relent; would listen to the plaint of a people in distress, and save them from the threat of destruction; (Judges 2, 18)
