Chapter 10:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Joshua Ruth
Judges 10
Concise Complete
Tola and Jair judge Israel. (1-5) The Philistines and
Ammonites oppress Israel. (6-9) Israel's repentance. (10-18)
Verses 1-5 Quiet
and peaceable reigns, though the best to live in, yield least variety of matter
to be spoken of. Such were the days of Tola and Jair. They were humble, active,
and useful men, rulers appointed of God.
Verses 6-9 Now the
threatening was fulfilled, that the Israelites should have no power to stand
before their enemies, Le 26:17,37. By their evil ways and their evil doings they
procured this to themselves.
Verses 10-18 God
is able to multiply men's punishments according to the numbers of their sins and
idols. But there is hope when sinners cry to the Lord for help, and lament their
ungodliness as well as their more open transgressions. It is necessary, in true
repentance, that there be a full conviction that those things cannot help us
which we have set in competition with God. They acknowledged what they deserved,
yet prayed to God not to deal with them according to their deserts. We must
submit to God's justice, with a hope in his mercy. True repentance is not only
for sin, but from sin. As the disobedience and misery of a child are a grief to
a tender father, so the provocations of God's people are a grief to him. From
him mercy never can be sought in vain. Let then the trembling sinner, and the
almost despairing backslider, cease from debating about God's secret purposes,
or from expecting to find hope from former experiences. Let them cast themselves
on the mercy of God our Saviour, humble themselves under his hand, seek
deliverance from the powers of darkness, separate themselves from sin, and from
occasions of it, use the means of grace diligently, and wait the Lord's time,
and so they shall certainly rejoice in his mercy.
Chapter 10:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Joshua Ruth
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