Judges 02 The Israelites' infidelity after Joshua died

Judges 02
The Israelites' infidelity after Joshua died
7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, and saw all that great work of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.
8 But Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old;
9 And they buried him at the end of his homestead at Timnate-Heres, on Mount Ephraim, north of Mount Gaas.
10 And all that generation was also gathered to their fathers, and another generation after them arose, who did not know the Lord, nor the work that he had done to Israel.
11 Then the children of Israel did what seemed evil in the eyes of the Lord: and they served the Baals.
12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, among the gods of the people, who were around them, and bowed down to them: and provoked the Lord to will.
13 Because they left the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them into the hands of the robbers, and they stole them: and he gave them into the hand of his enemies all around: and they could no longer stand before their enemies.
15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them: and they were in great trouble.
16 And the Lord raised up judges, who delivered them from the hand of those who stole them.
17 But neither did they hear from the judges, but afterwards prostituted themselves after other gods, and bowed down to them: they quickly strayed from the path, where their fathers went, listening to the commandments of the Lord; but they did not do so.
18 And when the Lord raised up judges, the Lord was with the judge; and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies, every day of that judge; because the Lord repented for their groaning, because of those who pressed and oppressed them.
19 But it happened that, when the judge died, they became and became more corrupt than their fathers, walking after other gods, serving them, and bowing to them: they left nothing of their works, nor of their hard way.
20 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and said, Because these people have pierced my covenant, which they had commanded their fathers, and they did not listen to my voice.
21 Nor will I overthrow any of the nations before them, which Joshua left, dying;
22 To prove Israel to them, they will keep the way of the Lord, as their fathers did, whether they would walk for it or not.
23 So the Lord let those nations remain, and he did not immediately banish them, nor hand them over to Joshua.