Judges 5:8 also describes Israel choosing new gods, linking their apostasy to military vulnerability.

Judges 10:13 echoes this same accusation: Israel forsook God and served other gods, leading to divine judgment.

Deuteronomy 5:9 repeats the prohibition against bowing to idols and declares God's jealousy—the sin committed here.

Deuteronomy 32:15 uses the same 'forsook' language, describing Israel's abandonment of God after prosperity, just as here they forsake Him for other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:17 describes God's anger and hidden face as judgment for forsaking him, the outcome of the sin in Judges 2:12.

Deuteronomy 31:16 prophesies that Israel will forsake God for foreign gods, which comes true in Judges 2:12.

Deuteronomy 29:25 explains that abandonment of God's covenant leads to judgment, the very sin committed in Judges 2:12.

Deuteronomy 29:18 warns against turning to serve other gods, which is exactly what Israel did in Judges 2:12.

Deuteronomy 13:5 commands death for those who lead Israel away from God, the very sin described in Judges 2:12.

Deuteronomy 6:15 warns that God's jealousy will bring destruction—the anger provoked here by idolatry.

Deuteronomy 6:14 commands Israel not to go after other gods—exactly what they do here, violating that command.

Exodus 20:5 is the commandment against bowing to other gods, citing God's jealousy—exactly what Israel violates here.

Deuteronomy 29:26 predicts Israel serving other gods—this verse records the fulfillment of that prophecy.

Deuteronomy 7:16 commands Israel not to serve the gods of the nations, warning it would be a snare—precisely what they do here.

2 Kings 22:17 uses nearly identical phrasing — 'forsaken me', 'other gods', 'provoke me to anger' — linking Judah's judgment to the same pattern of apostasy.

1 Chronicles 5:25 describes the Transjordan tribes breaking faith and whoring after other gods, mirroring the exact disobedience of Judges 2:12.

2 Chronicles 7:22 repeats the formula — abandoned the Lord, God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt — and directly attributes disaster to this apostasy.

Psalm 78:58 directly states they provoked God to anger with high places and idols, identical to Judges 2:12's 'provoked the LORD' and 'other gods'.

Psalm 106:36 says they served idols that became a snare, directly paralleling the worship of other gods in Judges 2:12.

Jeremiah 16:11 quotes almost verbatim: 'your fathers have forsaken me... gone after other gods' — showing this sin persisted through generations.