Judges 10:14

14 Go cry out to the gods you've chosen. Let them rescue you in the time of your distress."

Judges 10:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 10:14

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen
For they were their choice, and not what they were obliged to serve through persecution, and by compulsion of others, and whom they needed not, having the Lord Jehovah to be their God; and they are bid not seriously, but in an ironical or sarcastic way, to call upon them for help in this their time of distress, in whose power it was not to relieve them:

let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation;
if they can, whom you have served in your prosperity.

Judges 10:14 In-Context

12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to me, didn't I rescue you from their power?
13 But you have gone away from me and served other gods, so I won't rescue you anymore!
14 Go cry out to the gods you've chosen. Let them rescue you in the time of your distress."
15 The Israelites responded to the LORD, "We've sinned. Do to us whatever you see as right, but please save us this time."
16 They put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD. And the LORD could no longer stand to see Israel suffer.
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