Passage
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.
Nearby Context
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.
Judges 2:15 Whithersoeuer they went out, the hand of the Lord was sore against them, as ye Lord had sayd, and as the Lord had sworne vnto them: so he punished them sore.
Judges 2:16 Notwithstanding, the Lord raysed vp Iudges, which deliuered them out of the hands of their oppressours.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "wrath", "lord", "hote", "against", "israel", "deliuered", "hands", and "spoylers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wrath" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 13's "So they forsooke the Lord and serued..." into verse 15's "Whithersoeuer they went out the hand of...", so "wrath" 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 "wrath" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.