16 Then the Lord ^xraised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they ^ywhored after other gods and bowed down to them. They ^zsoon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so. 18 Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was ^awith the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the Lord was ^bmoved to pity by their ^cgroaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.