After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
- KJV And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
- NKJV When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord.
- NASB Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died.
- NLT After Ehud’s death, the Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight.
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Quick answer
After Ehud's death Israel again does evil, restarting the cycle of sin.
Overview
The deliverer's death removes the restraint on Israel's idolatry, and the nation relapses. This recurring pattern exposes the people's persistent need for a permanent, living Savior. The cycle's repetition deepens the longing for the One whose deliverance will never end.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Jer 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Lev 26:23–25And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Judg 6:1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Judg 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Judg 3:12Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judg 2:19–20But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
- Ps 106:43–45Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Judg 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- Judg 2:11And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Neh 9:23–30You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
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Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.
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