Judges 2:12 (DBY)

Passage

And they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked Jehovah to anger.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, which knew not Jehovah, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals.

Judges 2:12 And they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked Jehovah to anger.

Judges 2:13 And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

Judges 2:14 And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about; and they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

Study Lenses

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 evil..." 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.