Judges 10:13
New International Version
But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

New Living Translation
Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore.

English Standard Version
Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.

Berean Standard Bible
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

King James Bible
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

New King James Version
Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more.

New American Standard Bible
Yet you abandoned Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer save you.

NASB 1995
“Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.

NASB 1977
“Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer save you.

Amplified Bible
Yet you have abandoned (rejected) Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer rescue you.

Christian Standard Bible
But you have abandoned me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again.

American Standard Version
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will save you no more.

English Revised Version
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will save you no more.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But you still abandoned me and served other gods. That's why I won't rescue you again.

Good News Translation
But you still left me and worshiped other gods, so I am not going to rescue you again.

International Standard Version
But you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer be delivering you.

Majority Standard Bible
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

NET Bible
But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.

New Heart English Bible
Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

World English Bible
Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and you have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I do not add to save you.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye -- ye have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I add not to save you.

Smith's Literal Translation
And ye forsook me, and ye will serve other gods: wherefore I will not add to save you.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And yet you have forsaken me, and have worshipped strange gods: therefore I will deliver you no more:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And yet you have forsaken me, and you have worshipped foreign gods. For this reason, I will not continue to free you any more.

New American Bible
you still abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.

New Revised Standard Version
Yet you have abandoned me and worshiped other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you forsook me and you served other gods! Because of this I will not continue again to deliver you
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Yet ye have forsaken Me, and served other gods; wherefore I will save you no more.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Yet ye forsook me and served other gods; therefore I will not save you any more.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Philistine and Ammonite Oppression
12Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands? 13But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. 14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15-18
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation. / They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. / They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. ...

Jeremiah 2:11-13
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. / Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. / “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

1 Samuel 8:8
Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

2 Kings 17:7-18
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...

Psalm 106:34-40
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. ...

Isaiah 1:2-4
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” / Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Jeremiah 19:4-5
because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.

Ezekiel 20:27-28
Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me. / When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.

2 Chronicles 24:20
Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Romans 1:21-25
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. ...

Acts 7:51-53
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

1 Corinthians 10:20-22
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. / Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Galatians 4:8-9
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. / But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?


Treasury of Scripture

Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: why I will deliver you no more.

Judges 2:12
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Judges 10
1. Tola judges Israel in Shamir
3. Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities
6. The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel
10. In their misery God sends them to their false gods
15. Upon their repentance he pities them














But you have forsaken Me
This phrase highlights the Israelites' abandonment of God, a recurring theme throughout the Book of Judges. The Hebrew word for "forsaken" is "עזב" (azav), which conveys a sense of leaving or deserting. Historically, this reflects the Israelites' repeated cycle of turning away from God to follow other deities, despite His continuous deliverance and provision. This forsaking is not merely a physical departure but a spiritual and covenantal breach, emphasizing the gravity of their unfaithfulness.

and served other gods
The phrase underscores the Israelites' idolatry, which was a direct violation of the first commandment. The Hebrew word for "served" is "עבד" (avad), indicating worship and allegiance. This service to "other gods" reflects the cultural and religious influences of surrounding nations, which often led Israel astray. Archaeological findings, such as altars and idols from Canaanite sites, provide evidence of the prevalent polytheistic practices that tempted the Israelites. This idolatry was not just a religious error but a betrayal of their unique relationship with Yahweh.

Therefore I will deliver you no more
Here, God declares the consequence of Israel's persistent unfaithfulness. The Hebrew root for "deliver" is "ישׁע" (yasha), meaning to save or rescue. This statement marks a turning point, where God, in His justice, decides to withhold His protection and allow the Israelites to face the repercussions of their choices. It serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the importance of faithfulness to God. This divine response is not out of spite but a call to repentance, urging the Israelites to recognize their need for God and return to Him wholeheartedly.

(13) I will deliver you no more.--A threat which, as the sequel proves, was (as in other passages of Scripture) to be understood conditionally (Jeremiah 18:7-8).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But you
וְאַתֶּם֙ (wə·’at·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

have forsaken
עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם (‘ă·zaḇ·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

Me
אוֹתִ֔י (’ō·w·ṯî)
Direct object marker | first person common singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and served
וַתַּעַבְד֖וּ (wat·ta·‘aḇ·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

other
אֲחֵרִ֑ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

gods,
אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

so
לָכֵ֥ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

I will no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

longer
אוֹסִ֖יף (’ō·w·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

deliver
לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ (lə·hō·wō·šî·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

you.
אֶתְכֶֽם׃ (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case


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