Judges 2:14
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.
Cross-reference
Judges 2:20 reveals the reason for God's anger — covenant transgression — which immediately follows this verse.
Judges 10:7 shows another occurrence of God's anger and selling Israel to enemies — the same judgment pattern.
Judges 4:2 is a specific instance of the pattern in 2:14 — God sells Israel into Jabin's hand, exactly as described.
Judges 3:8 is a specific instance of God selling Israel to an enemy, fulfilling the pattern stated in 2:14.
Judges 3:7 repeats the sin (serving Baals) that triggered the anger described in 2:14.
Judges 6:1 repeats the pattern: God gives Israel into enemy hands after evil — another instance of this cycle.
Judges 4:9 uses the same 'sell into hand' language but against an enemy — contrasting God's judgment on Israel with deliverance through Deborah.
Deuteronomy 32:30 attributes military rout to the Rock having sold and given them up — the same divine causation seen here.
Psalm 106:40-42 echoes Judges 2:14 almost verbatim: God's anger kindled, giving them into the hand of nations.
Psalm 44:12 laments that God sold His people for a trifle — directly echoing the selling into enemies here.
Joshua 7:12 states Israel cannot stand before enemies because they are devoted to destruction — identical language of inability due to sin causing God’s withdrawal.
2 Kings 17:20 uses the same language of God giving Israel into plunderers' hands as in Judges 2:14, applying it to the northern kingdom's fall.
Deuteronomy 31:18 adds that God hides his face because of idolatry — the same reason for the judgment in Judges 2:14.
Deuteronomy 31:17 prophesies God's anger kindled and hiding his face — Judges 2:14 records this prophecy being fulfilled.
Deuteronomy 29:20 explicitly says God's anger will smoke against the disobedient — this is the very anger described in Judges 2:14 as 'kindled'.
Deuteronomy 28:20 pronounces curses for forsaking God — the very judgment carried out in 2:14.
Isaiah 50:1 uses the same metaphor: Israel sold because of iniquities, reinforcing that God’s action is a judgment for sin.
Leviticus 26:37 warns of having no power to stand before enemies as a covenant curse — directly quoted in the language of Israel's defeat here.
Ezra 5:12 says God gave the fathers into Nebuchadnezzar's hands, using the same language of divine judgment as Judges 2:14.
Nehemiah 9:27 recounts God giving Israel into enemies' hands in the period of judges, directly referencing the cycle seen in Judges 2:14.
1 Samuel 12:9 recounts God selling Israel into enemy hands as a pattern — directly summarizing the events of Judges.
Psalm 106:41 directly parallels the same divine judgment — God gives Israel into enemy hands because of their rebellion.
Isaiah 42:24 echoes the same question — God gave Israel to plunderers because of sin, matching the judgment in Judges 2:14.
Ezekiel 39:23 explains Israel's captivity as God giving them into enemy hands for their sin, directly paralleling Judges 2:14.
Daniel 1:2 shows God giving Judah into enemy hands, a specific instance of the same divine judgment pattern in Judges 2:14.
2 Chronicles 28:5 records God giving King Ahaz into enemy hands because of sin, a specific fulfillment of the judgment pattern in Judges 2:14.
2 Chronicles 6:24 acknowledges defeat by enemy as a consequence of sin, exactly the pattern seen in Judges 2:14, and prays for restoration.
2 Kings 21:14 prophesies God forsaking Israel and giving them into enemies' hands as plunder, directly echoing the pattern of Judges 2:14.
2 Kings 13:3 uses the same 'Lord's anger burned' and 'gave them into the hand' language, describing a later instance of judgment under Jehoahaz.
Leviticus 26:17 is the covenant curse of being struck down before enemies — directly fulfilled here as God sells Israel into enemy hands.
Numbers 25:3 shares the exact phrase 'anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel' — the same divine response to idolatry.
Leviticus 26:25 warns of being delivered into enemy hand as covenant punishment — exactly what happens here.
2 Chronicles 36:16 describes the same pattern of God's wrath rising against his people due to persistent sin, culminating in exile.
Psalm 44:9 cries out that God has rejected and disgraced His army — a similar theme of divine abandonment leading to defeat.
Psalm 44:10 describes turning back from the foe and spoil being taken — a vivid parallel to the plundering and inability to resist here.
2 Kings 17:7 explains that Israel's sin caused their exile, mirroring the causation behind the judgment in Judges 2:14.
Deuteronomy 32:19 records God's abhorrence at Israel's provocation — the same divine anger that leads to selling them here.
Leviticus 26:28 threatens sevenfold discipline for sin — the covenant curse being enacted in 2:14.