Judges 2:10 (GNV)

Passage

And so all that generation was gathered vnto their fathers, and another generation arose after them, which neither knewe the Lord, nor yet the works, which he had done for Israel.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:8 But Ioshua the sonne of Nun the seruant of the Lord dyed, when he was an hundreth and ten yeeres olde:

Judges 2:9 And they buryed him in the coastes of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres in mount Ephraim, on the Northside of mount Gaash.

Judges 2:10 And so all that generation was gathered vnto their fathers, and another generation arose after them, which neither knewe the Lord, nor yet the works, which he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:11 Then the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim,

Judges 2:12 And forsooke ye Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, and followed other gods, euen the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed vnto them, and prouoked the Lord to anger.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "generation", "gathered", "vnto", "fathers", "another", "arose", and "after". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "generation" and "gathered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And they buryed him in the coastes..." into verse 11's "Then the children of Israel did wickedly...", so "generation" and "gathered" 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 "generation" and "gathered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.