Judges 2:14 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

Nearby Context

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.

Judges 2:14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

Judges 2:15 Wherever they went out, Yahweh’s hand was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them; and they were very distressed.

Judges 2:16 Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "anger", "burned", "against", "israel", "delivered", "hands", and "raiders". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "anger", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "They abandoned Yahweh and served Baal and..." into verse 15's "Wherever they went out Yahweh s hand...", so "yahweh" and "anger" 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 "yahweh" and "anger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.