Judges 2:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיִּתְּנֵם֙ בְּיַד־שֹׁסִ֔ים וַיָּשֹׁ֖סּוּ אוֹתָ֑ם וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֞ם בְּיַ֤ד אֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וְלֹֽא־יָכְל֣וּ ע֔וֹד לַעֲמֹ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י אוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyiḥar-ʾap̄ YHWH in-Yiśrāʾēl and-wayyitənēm in-yaḏ-šōsîm and-wayyāšōssû them and-wayyiməkərēm in-yaḏ ʾôyəḇêhem from-around and-not-yāḵlû still to-laʿămōḏ before ʾôyəḇêhem

Grammar Details

• *wayyiḥar*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it burned
• *ʾap̄*: masculine singular construct - anger/nose of
• *wayyitənēm*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he gave them
• *yaḏ*: feminine singular construct - hand of
• *šōsîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - plunderers
• *wayyāšōssû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they plundered
• *wayyiməkərēm*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he sold them
• *ʾôyəḇêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their enemies
• *yāḵlû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they were able
• *laʿămōḏ*: qal infinitive construct with preposition ל - to stand

Word Meanings

• *wayyiḥar*-*ʾap̄*: the anger burned/was kindled/became hot
• *wayyitənēm*: he gave them/delivered them
• *yaḏ*: hand of/power of/control of
• *šōsîm*: plunderers/raiders/spoilers
• *wayyāšōssû*: they plundered/raided/despoiled
• *wayyiməkərēm*: he sold them/handed them over
• *ʾôyəḇêhem*: their enemies/adversaries/foes
• *yāḵlû*: they were able/could/had power
• *laʿămōḏ*: to stand/withstand/resist

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:30 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
• Josh 7:12-13 : 12 Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.
• Lev 26:37 : 37 And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
• 2 Kgs 17:20 : 20 And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• Judg 4:2 : 2 And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Nations.
• Ps 106:40-42 : 40 Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
• Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
• Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Judg 10:7 : 7 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Chr 15:5 : 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Ps 44:9-9 : 9 But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
• Ps 44:12 : 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.
• Num 32:14 : 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.
• Deut 28:20 : 20 Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Deut 28:58 : 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;
• Deut 29:19-20 : 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. 20 Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
• Deut 31:17-18 : 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
• Judg 1:19 : 19 And Jehovah was with Judah; and drove out [the inhabitants of] the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
• Judg 1:34 : 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley;
• Judg 3:7-8 : 7 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth. 8 Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
• Lev 26:28 : 28 then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.