Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.
Parallel translations
- WEB He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
- KJV Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
- BSB Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- NKJV Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.
- NASB Many times He would rescue them; They, however, were rebellious in their plan, And they sank down into their guilt.
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God rescued Israel many times, yet they kept rebelling and sank low in their iniquity.
Overview
This verse captures the tragic cycle of the book of Judges: deliverance, relapse, and ruin. Despite repeated mercies, Israel persisted in rebellious counsel and was 'brought low' by their own sin. It exposes the depth of human stubbornness and the insufficiency of mere external deliverance, underscoring the need for the inward renewal and lasting redemption that the gospel alone provides.
Cross-references & the web
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- Judg 2:16–18Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
- Ps 81:12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- 1 Sam 12:9–11“But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
- Ps 106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
- 1 Sam 13:19Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;
- Judg 6:5For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
- Judg 5:8They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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