Judges 2:14 meaning and explanation
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Judges 2:14, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
The narrator is describing the cycle that followed Israel's settlement in Canaan, after the generation that knew Joshua had died and the people turned to the Baals and the Ashtoreths. The language is vivid and commercial: God "sold" Israel into the hands of surrounding enemies, the way a person might hand over property to a buyer.
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