Judges 2:11 (WEB)

Passage

The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:9 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Judges 2:10 After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:11 The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.

Judges 2:12 They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked Yahweh to anger.

Judges 2:13 They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "israel", "evil", "yahweh", "sight", "served", and "baals". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "israel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "After all that generation were gathered to..." into verse 12's "They abandoned Yahweh the God of their...", so "children" and "israel" 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 "children" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.