"But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain 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

Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Brought low

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

For they came up with their livestock and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears;"

General references

Yahweh said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."

So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.

For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.