And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
The anger of the Lord was hot against Israel - adversities in close and rapid succession befell them. But all these calamities were designed only as chastisements, a course of correctional discipline by which God brought His people to see and repent of their errors; for, as they returned to faith and allegiance he "raised up judges" (Judges 2:16) х shopªTiym (H8199), rulers, chiefs] from Joshua to Samuel.