Shofetim 2:15-17

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁵ Whenever they went out, the yad Hashem was against them for ra’ah, just as Hashem had said, and just as Hashem had sworn unto them; and they were greatly distressed.

¹⁶ Nevertheless Hashem raised up Shofetim, which saved them out of the yad of those that plundered them.

¹⁷ And yet they would not pay heed unto their Shofetim, but they went a-whoring after acharei elohim, and bowed themselves unto them; they turned quickly from HaDerech which their Avot walked in, the Way of obedience to the mitzvot Hashem; but they did not so.