Then the people of Israel sinned against the LORD and began to serve the Baals.

The people of Israel forgot the LORD their God; they sinned against him and worshiped the idols of Baal and Asherah.

After Ehud died, the people of Israel sinned against the LORD again.

Once again the people of Israel sinned against the LORD, so he let the people of Midian rule them for seven years.

Once again the Israelites sinned against the LORD by worshiping the Baals and the Astartes, as well as the gods of Syria, of Sidon, of Moab, of Ammon, and of Philistia. They abandoned the LORD and stopped worshiping him.

For God will reward each of us according to what we have done.

Can people change the color of their skin, or a leopard remove its spots? If they could, then you that do nothing but evil could learn to do what is right.

But the people forgot the LORD their God, and so he let the Philistines and the king of Moab and Sisera, commander of the army of the city of Hazor, fight against your ancestors and conquer them.