but you saved them time after time. They were determined to rebel, and their sins caused their downfall.
God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won't follow sinners or join in sneering at God.
They did such terrible things that you punished them with a deadly disease.
because you had rebelled against God Most High and refused his advice.
So I let you be stubborn and keep on following your own advice.
The Israelites worshipped other gods, and the gates of their towns were then attacked. But they had no shields or spears to fight with.
The Midianites took almost everything that belonged to the Israelites, and the Israelites begged the LORD for help.
The Philistines would not allow any Israelites to learn how to make iron tools. “If we allowed that,” they said, “those worthless Israelites would make swords and spears.”