Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals;

So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs.

When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

who "will render to each one according to his deeds":

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? [Then] may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.

"And when they forgot the LORD their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.