Judges 2:11

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A Monotonous Cycle The Israelites did evil before the LORD by worshiping the Baals.

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  • Judg 3:7 : 7 Othniel: A Model Leader The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight. They forgot the LORD their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.
  • Judg 4:1 : 1 Deborah Summons Barak The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight after Ehud’s death.
  • Judg 6:1 : 1 Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.
  • Judg 10:6 : 6 The Lord’s Patience Runs Short The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not worship him.
  • Judg 8:33 : 33 Israel Returns to Baal-Worship After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.
  • Judg 13:1 : 1 Samson’s Birth The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
  • 1 Sam 7:4 : 4 So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 18:18 : 18 Elijah replied,“I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the LORD’s commandments and following the Baals.
  • 2 Chr 28:2 : 2 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.
  • 2 Chr 33:2-3 : 2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out ahead of the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.
  • 2 Chr 33:6 : 6 He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD and angered him.
  • Ezra 8:12 : 12 from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 “How can you say,‘I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.’ Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
  • Jer 9:14 : 14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.
  • Hos 2:13-17 : 13 “I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the LORD. 14 Future Repentance and Restoration of Israel However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. 15 From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the“Valley of Trouble” into an“Opportunity for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt. 16 “At that time,” declares the LORD,“you will call,‘My husband’; you will never again call me,‘My master.’ 17 For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!”
  • Judg 10:10 : 10 The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD:“We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”
  • Judg 3:12 : 12 Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. The LORD gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the LORD’s sight.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 (Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)
  • Gen 38:7 : 7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him.

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  • Judg 3:6-7
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    6They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.

    7Othniel: A Model Leader The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight. They forgot the LORD their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

  • Judg 10:6
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    6The Lord’s Patience Runs Short The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not worship him.

  • Judg 2:12-14
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    12They abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods– the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the LORD angry.

    13They abandoned the LORD and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.

    14The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.

  • Judg 10:10
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    10The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD:“We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

  • Judg 6:1
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    1Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16-17
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    16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.

    17They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD and made him angry.

  • Hos 11:2
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    2But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.

  • Judg 3:12
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    12Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. The LORD gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the LORD’s sight.

  • 2 Chr 33:2-3
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    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out ahead of the Israelites.

    3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

  • 1 Kgs 22:53
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    53He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done.

  • Num 25:2-3
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    2These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

    3When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:11-12
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    11They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.

    12They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3
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    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before the Israelites.

    3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

  • Judg 2:10
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    10That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the LORD’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7-8
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    7A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History This happened because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;

    8they observed the practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before them, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.

  • Judg 8:33-34
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    33Israel Returns to Baal-Worship After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

    34The Israelites did not remain true to the LORD their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

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    1Samson’s Birth The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

  • Jer 9:14
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    14Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.

  • Judg 2:19-20
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    19When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.

    20A Divine Decision The LORD was furious with Israel. He said,“This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

  • Exod 32:8
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    8They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them– they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said,‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”

  • Jer 32:30
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    30This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me from their earliest history until now and because they have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
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    26He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.)

  • 2 Kgs 17:22
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    22The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam and did not repudiate them.

  • 1 Kgs 9:9
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    9Others will then answer,‘Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who led their ancestors out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why the LORD has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

  • 1 Sam 12:10
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    10Then they cried out to the LORD and admitted,‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’

  • 2 Chr 7:22
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    22Others will then answer,‘Because they abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors, who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

  • Jer 11:10
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    10They have gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors of old who refused to obey what I told them. They, too, have paid allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. Both the nation of Israel and the nation of Judah have violated the covenant I made with their ancestors.

  • 1 Sam 7:4
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    4So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
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    26He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

  • Judg 2:17
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    17But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD’s commands, but they did not.

  • Judg 4:1
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    1Deborah Summons Barak The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight after Ehud’s death.

  • 1 Sam 2:12
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    12But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the LORD’s authority.

  • Judg 2:2
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    2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?

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    9But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed from before the Israelites.

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    16They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
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    22Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.

  • 1 Sam 8:8
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    8Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

  • Hos 9:10
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    10When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame– they became as detestable as what they loved.

  • Deut 29:26
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    26They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.