When the Lord gave them a judge , the Lord helped the judge to save them from their enemies. They obeyed the Lord while the judge was alive. The Lord listened to their cries when other people made their lives difficult. But when the judge died, the people stopped serving the Lord . They became worse than their fathers. They served many false gods. They refused to stop doing all these bad things.
Judges 2:18-19
耶和華為他們興起士師，就與那士師同在。士師在世的一切日子，耶和華拯救他們脫離仇敵的手。他們因受欺壓擾害，就哀聲歎氣，所以耶和華後悔了。 及至士師死後，他們就轉去行惡，比他們列祖更甚，去事奉叩拜別神，總不斷絕頑梗的惡行。
士師記 2:18-19