When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
In the Hebrew text the phrase "the anger of the Lord was kindled" (Judges 3:8) reads literally "the Lord’s nose became hot." This is one of the most obvious examples of an anthropomorphism of God in the Old Testament. It pictures His anger most graphically. [Note: Lewis, p. 31.] 