Teks -- Judges 10:16 (NET)

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

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Wesley: Jdg 10:16 - They put away

This was an evidence of the sincerity of their sorrow, that they did not only confess their sins, but also forsake them.

Wesley: Jdg 10:16 - His soul, &c.

He acted towards them, like one that felt their sufferings; he had pity upon them, quite changed his carriage towards them, and punished their enemies as sorely as if they had grieved and injured his own person.

JFB: Jdg 10:16 - they put away the strange gods . . . and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel

On their abandonment of idolatry and return to purity of worship, God graciously abridged the term of national affliction and restored times of peace.

Clarke: Jdg 10:16 - And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel

And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel - What a proof of the philanthropy of God! Here his compassions moved on a small scale; but it was the same principle that led him to give his Son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice for the sins of the Whole world. God grieves for the miseries to which his creatures are reduced by their own sins. Be astonished, ye heavens, at this; and shout for joy, all ye inhabitants of the earth! for, through the love whence this compassion flowed, God has visited and redeemed a lost world!

TSK: Jdg 10:16 - they put // strange gods // his soul // grieved

they put : 2Ch 7:14, 2Ch 15:8, 2Ch 33:15; Jer 18:7, Jer 18:8; Eze 18:30-32; Hos 14:1-3, Hos 14:8

strange gods : Heb. gods of strangers

his soul : Gen 6:6; Psa 106:44, Psa 106:45; Isa 63:9; Jer 31:20; Hos 11:8; Luk 15:20, Luk 19:41; Joh 11:34; Eph 4:32; Heb 3:10, Heb 4:15

grieved : Heb. shortened, Not that there is any grief in God; he has infinite joy and happiness in himself, which cannot be broken in upon by either the sins or the miseries of his creatures. Not that there is any change in God; for he is of one mind, and who can turn him? But his goodness is his glory; by it he proclaims his name, and magnifies it; and as he is pleased to put himself into the relation of a father to his people, so he is pleased to represent his goodness to them by the compassion of a father to his children; for as he is the Father of lights, so is he the Father of mercies.

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Poole: Jdg 10:16 - They put away the strange gods // His soul was grieved

They put away the strange gods: this was an evidence of the sincerity of their sorrow, that they did not only confess and bewail their sins, but also forsake them, and loathe themselves for them.

His soul was grieved not properly, or as to inward affection; for God being infinitely happy, is not capable of grieving; but figuratively, and as to outward expression. He acted towards them like one that felt their sufferings; he had pity upon them, repented of his severe proceedings against them, and quite changed his carriage towards them, and punished their enemies as sorely as if they had grieved and injured his own person.

Haydock: Jdg 10:16 - Touched

Touched. Literally, "grieved." Hebrew, "his soul was straitened," as in joy it is said to be enlarged. He speaks of God in a human manner. (Calmet) (Genesis vi. 6.) (Menochius)

Gill: Jdg 10:16 - And they put away the strange gods from among them // and served the Lord // and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel

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 after the manner of men; for grief properly does not belong to God, there being no passion in him; but it denotes a carriage or behaviour of his, which shows what looks like sympathy in men; a love and affection for Israel, notwithstanding their ill behaviour to him, and a change of his dispensations Providence towards them, according to his unchangeable will; so Maimonides ^b understands it of the good will and pleasure of God, to cease from afflicting the people of Israel; but Abarbinel is of opinion that this refers to the soul of Israel, which was shortened and contracted, as the word signifies, because of the labour of servitude, the affliction and distress they were in.