Judges 10:15-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 10:10-18

Here is, I. A humble confession which Israel make to God in their distress, Jdg. 10:10. Now they own themselves guilty, like a malefactor upon the rack, and promise reformation, like a child under the rod. They not only complain of the distress, but acknowledge it is their own sin that has brought them into the distress; therefore God is righteous, and they have no reason to repine. They confess their omissions, for in them their sin began??We have forsaken our God,? and their commissions??We... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:15

And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, we have sinned ,.... By serving other gods particularly; and they seemed to have a true sense of their sin, and their confessions of it to be ingenuous, by what follows: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee ; inflict what punishment he would upon them, as famine or pestilence, they could not but own it would be just and righteous, and what their sins deserved: deliver us only, we pray thee, this day ; out of the hands of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them ,.... Which was an evidence of the truth of their repentance, and showed their confessions and humiliations to be genuine: and served the Lord ; and him only, both in private and public; in the observance of duties, both moral and ceremonial; in an attendance on the service of the sanctuary, and by offering sacrifices to God there, according to his will: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel ; which is to be understood... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:15

We have sinned - The reprehension of this people was kind, pointed, and solemn; and their repentance deep. And they gave proofs that their repentance was genuine, by putting away all their idols: but they were ever fickle and uncertain. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:16

And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel - What a proof of the philanthropy of God! Here his compassions moved on a small scale; but it was the same principle that led him to give his Son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice for the sins of the Whole world. God grieves for the miseries to which his creatures are reduced by their own sins. Be astonished, ye heavens, at this; and shout for joy, all ye inhabitants of the earth! for, through the love whence this compassion... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 10:15

Judges 10:15. Do thou unto us, &c. Do not give us up into the hands of these cruel men, but do thou chastise us with thine own hand as much as thou pleasest, if we be not more faithful and constant to thee than we have hitherto been. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 10:16

Judges 10:16. They put away the strange gods As an evidence of the sincerity of their sorrow, and that they did not only confess their sins, but also forsake them. And it is probable that, for the present, a thorough reformation took place, and that they entirely quitted the worship of strange gods, and served the Lord alone. His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel That is, upon their repentance and reformation he turned away his anger, had compassion upon them on account of their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 10:1-18

Jephthah and five other judges (10:1-12:15)Little is known of the political or military activities of the judges Tola and Jair. They both exercised power for lengthy periods, and Jair’s family certainly enjoyed considerable power and prestige among the East Jordan tribes (10:1-5).Again the Israelites turned away from Yahweh and worshipped false gods, and again they were punished. The Ammonites conquered the eastern tribes, crossed Jordan, and seized large portions of Israelite territory in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 10:16

strange gods = gods of strangers or foreigners. His soul = He (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ). Attributed by Figure of speech Anthropopatheia to God ( App-6 ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 10:16

Judges 10:16. His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel— This is a figurative expression, setting forth, in a very emphatical manner, the effect of the divine compassion. If the Israelites, hardened by idolatry, had not repented, God resolved not to deliver them: but as soon as they repented and reformed, he changed his conduct towards them. His wisdom leaves free scope to his goodness. Though God is, of course, superior himself to the affections of grief and affliction, the sacred writer... read more

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