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
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