¹⁶ Nevertheless, ^(A)the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them. ¹⁷ Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they ^(B)played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do so. ¹⁸ And when the Lord raised up judges for them, ^(C)the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; ^(D)for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.