and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.
Judges 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.
Judges 2:11 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;
Judges 2:12 and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.
Judges 2:13 And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
Judges 2:14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
The verse centers on "forsook", "jehovah", "fathers", "brought", "land", "egypt", "followed", and "other". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "forsook" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And the children of Israel did that..." into verse 13's "And they forsook Jehovah and served Baal...", so "forsook" and "jehovah" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "forsook" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.