Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 2:17
Their judges — Who admonished them of their sin and folly, and of the danger and misery which would certainly befall them.
Their judges — Who admonished them of their sin and folly, and of the danger and misery which would certainly befall them.
Verse Judges 2:17. _WENT A WHORING AFTER OTHER GODS_] Idolatry, or the worship of strange gods, is frequently termed _adultery,_ _fornication_, and _whoredom_, in the sacred writings. As many of their...
2. THE ANGEL AT BOCHIM AND THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE BOOK Chapter S 2:1-3:4 _ 1. The angel at Bochim (Judges 2:1)_ 2. Israel's obedience remembered (Judges 2:6) 3. Israel's strange gods (Judges 2:...
_they went a whoring after other gods_ As notoriously after the death of Gideon Judges 8:33 (cf. Judges 8:27). This figurative expression occurs in the Pent., and especially in the prophets Hos. and E...
_Ministry of the Judges Judges 2:16-23_ 16 Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges,...
_AND YET THEY WOULD NOT HEARKEN UNTO THEIR JUDGES BUT THEY WENT A WHORING AFTER OTHER GODS AND BOWED_ _ AND YET THEY WOULD NOT HEARKEN UNTO THEIR JUDGES, BUT THEY WENT A WHORING AFTER OTHER GODS, AND...
INTRODUCTORY (JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 3:4) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5. This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early conquest of Pa
A WHORING] Adultery and fornication are common figures for unfaithfulness to Israel's 'lord,' Jehovah, cp. Hosea 1-3; Ezekiel 16:20; Matthew 12:39. The succeeding stories make it clear that it was by...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 V1 The *angel of the *Lord came from Gilgal to Bokim. He said ‘I brought you out of Egypt. And then I brought you into the country that I promised...
WENT A WHORING. — Idolatry throughout the Bible is regarded as a spiritual adultery. (Exodus 34:15; Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:8; Ezekiel 23:37;...
וְ גַ֤ם אֶל ־שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֔עוּ כִּ
AMONG THE ROCKS OF PAGANISM Judges 2:7 "AND Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-he...
INEFFECTUAL PENITENCE Judges 2:16 This paragraph is an epitome of this book, which covers some 450 years, Acts 13:20. Israel lacks unity and kingship; and in that reminds us of the heart of the man w...
The fact of Israel's failure is still further revealed in this chapter. In the first five verses we have the account of the coming of a messenger from Gilgal. This messenger, referred to as "the angel...
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the (i) way which their fathers walked in, obeyin...
Quickly. They had persevered in virtue under the government of Josue and of the elders, for the space of forty years, according to Marsham and Houbigant. The former places the first state of anarchy a...
All these verses fold up in their contents the two great leading points of the gospel doctrine, namely, human depravity, and divine benignity. In the forbearance of God, and the continued provocations...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
Alas! if such was the condition of the people, and they were satisfied with it, chastening, as at Ai, was no longer in question. But the angel of Jehovah (the operative power of God in the midst of th...
AND YET THEY WOULD NOT HEARKEN UNTO THEIR JUDGES,.... Afterwards, or not always; but when they admonished them of their sins, and advised them to walk in the good ways of God, and serve him only; they...
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying th...
_Nevertheless the Lord raised up_ By inward inspiration and excitement of their hearts, and by outward designation, testified by some extraordinary action. _Judges_ Supreme magistrates, whose office i...
1 An Angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The wickednesse of the new generation after Ioshua. 14 Gods anger and pitie towards them. 20 The Canaanites are left to prooue Israel. 1 AND an [NOTE: O...
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, namely, by desisting from idolatry which the judges tried to suppress, BUT THEY WENT A-WHORING AFTER OTHER GODS, for idolatry is spiritual adultery an...
THE CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE AND ITS PUNISHMENT...
THE REPROOF OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD (vv. 1-6) Israel's failure called for strong reproof. THE angel of the Lord, who is the Lord Himself, not A messenger from God, but THE messenger, came from Gilg...
6-23 We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happ...
THEIR JUDGES admonished them of their sin and folly, and of the danger and misery which would certainly befall them....
Judges 2:17 listen H8085 (H8804) judges H8199 (H8802) harlot H2181 (H8804) with H310 other H312 gods...
‘ And yet they did not listen to their judges, for they went a whoring after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked in obeying t...
Judges 1 and 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not only for battle, but for tedious campaigning; f...
CONTENTS: Review of Israelitish invasion of Canaan up to Joshua's death. Results of incomplete obedience. Judges instituted. CHARACTERS: God, angel of Jehovah (Jesus) Joshua. CONCLUSION: God never d...
Judges 2:1. _An Angel of the Lord._ Jewish writers in succession speak of this as a created angel: but no mere angel would dare to speak as Jehovah. It was therefore the Angel of the covenant, the sam...
_The Lord raised up Judges._ THE JUDGES, THEIR CHOICE, FUNCTION, AND ADMINISTRATION I. These men, in some of whom the miraculous operations of the Holy Spirit were singularly manifested, were not cho...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 2:17 WHORED. Israel is described as committing adultery against God by following other gods (compare Ezekiel 16:1;...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 2:18. For it repented the Lord because of their groanings.] “Because the Lord had compassion upon their sighing.” [_Keil_.] “ ‘The Lord was moved with compassion,’ or ‘was grie...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 2:14, JUDGES 2:15 THE ANGER OF THE LORD, etc. These verses contain an awful view of the wrath of God excited by wilful sin, and are a practical illustration of...
So in chapter two we read, AND the angel of the LORD came from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I...
1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Samuel 8:5;...