Judges 2:12 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Judges 2:13 So they forsooke the Lord, and serued Baal, and Ashtaroth.

Judges 2:14 And the wrath of the Lord was hote against Israel, and he deliuered them into the hands of spoylers, that spoyled them, and he sold them into the handes of their enemies rounde about them, so that they could no longer stande before their enemies.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "forsooke", "lord", "fathers", "brought", "lande", "egypt", "followed", and "other". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "forsooke" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Then the children of Israel did wickedly..." into verse 13's "So they forsooke the Lord and serued...", so "forsooke" and "lord" 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 "forsooke" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.