But they forgot the LORD their God. And he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor,and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them.

With their

they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

Brought low

When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number--both they and their camels could not be counted--so that they laid waste the land as they came in.

Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears."

General references

And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."

Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there.

but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;