Judges 2:20
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Cross-references
Judges 2:14 shows God handing Israel to enemies in anger; Judges 2:20 gives the cause: covenant violation. They are cause and effect.
Judges 2:2 records God's rebuke for disobeying his command—this disobedience directly leads to the anger declared in 2:20.
Judges 3:8 shows the direct consequence: God sells Israel into oppression, fulfilling the anger declared here.
Judges 6:1 repeats the cycle: Israel's evil leads to oppression—consistent with the covenant breaking that kindled God's anger in 2:20.
Judges 4:1 continues the cycle: after Ehud died, Israel again did evil—showing the recurring pattern of covenant breaking from 2:20.
Judges 10:7 repeats the same pattern of God's anger and selling Israel into bondage, echoing this cycle later.
Jeremiah 31:32 references the same broken covenant, contrasting it with the promised new covenant.
Exodus 24:3-8 describes the covenant ratification that Israel later breaks, providing the background for God's anger here.
Joshua 24:21-25 shows Israel solemnly promising to serve God, contrasting with their covenant breaking in Judges.
Joshua 23:16 warns that breaking the covenant will kindle God's anger—exactly what happens here.
Deuteronomy 29:10-13 records a covenant renewal, showing the ongoing covenantal relationship that Israel violates here.
Joshua 7:11 describes Israel 'transgressed my covenant' in Achan's sin—the same language used in Judges 2:20 for covenant breaking.
Deuteronomy 31:16 prophesies Israel will break the covenant—this is the very transgression that triggers God's anger in Judges 2:20.
Deuteronomy 7:4 warns that intermarriage will kindle God's anger—this warning is fulfilled in the judgment of Judges 2:20.
Numbers 25:3 uses the same phrase 'anger of the LORD was kindled' when Israel joined Baal‑peor—a direct parallel to the covenant violation here.
Psalm 78:58 describes Israel provoking God with high places and idols, the same cause for His anger here.
Psalm 106:40 echoes this exact phrase 'anger of the LORD was kindled' over Israel's disobedience and idolatry.
1 Samuel 8:8 summarizes Israel's continual forsaking of God—the same pattern of covenant breaking that began in Judges 2:20.
Psalm 81:14 imagines God subduing enemies if Israel had listened — contrasting with His actual anger in this verse.
Exodus 32:10 records a similar divine anger over covenant breaking (golden calf), showing a prior instance of such wrath.