Judges 2:16
The LORD raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.
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- Acts 13:20 : 20 All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
- Judg 3:15 : 15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.
- 1 Sam 12:11 : 11 So the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.
- Neh 9:27 : 27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.
- Ps 106:43-45 : 43 Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin. 44 Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help. 45 He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
- Judg 4:5 : 5 She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.
- Judg 6:14 : 14 Then the LORD himself turned to him and said,“You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”
- Judg 3:9-9 : 9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 10 The LORD’s Spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the LORD handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon and he overpowered him.
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- Judg 2:17-193 verses85%
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.
18When the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The LORD felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.
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.
- Judg 2:14-152 verses75%
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.
15Whenever they went out to fight, the LORD did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.
- Neh 9:27-282 verses72%
27Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.
28“Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.
- 1 Sam 12:9-113 verses72%
9“But they forgot the LORD their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
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.’
11So the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.
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23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
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20All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
- 2 Chr 19:5-62 verses69%
5He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
- Judg 6:8-92 verses69%
8So the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery.
9I rescued you from Egypt’s power and from the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave their land to you.
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18Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
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16The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.
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6They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
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15Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.
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13The LORD takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.
- Judg 10:11-122 verses68%
11The LORD said to the Israelites,“Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
12the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.
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18He said to the Israelites,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said,‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.
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9When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
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2The LORD said,“The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”
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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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13They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
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10He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.
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32Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the LORD handed them over to him.
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2Jephthah said to them,“My people and I were in a struggle and the Ammonites were oppressing me greatly. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.
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26Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them
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18That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD God of their ancestors.
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26They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.
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15When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.
- Judg 6:1-22 verses67%
1Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.
2The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.
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4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!
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2“When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war– Praise the LORD!
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14but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the LORD gave them a great victory.
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4Because of their distress, they turned back to the LORD God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.
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13Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the LORD’s people came down to me as warriors.
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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;
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5The LORD provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.
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17Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
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46“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.
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26So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,
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19Rise up, LORD! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!
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13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.
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42Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority.