Judges 15:11

Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”

Judges 13:1

Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.

Judges 14:4

However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

Deuteronomy 28:13

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully,

Deuteronomy 28:47-48

“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;

Psalm 106:40-42

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He abhorred His inheritance.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Judges 15:11

Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

Philistines

General references

Deuteronomy 28:43

Bible References

Philistines

Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.

However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

General references

The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.