Giudici 2:15

15 Dovunque uscivano, la mano del Signore era contro a loro in male, come il Signore avea loro detto e giurato; onde furono grandemente distretti.

Giudici 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 2:15

Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against
them for evil
They prospered not in any business they undertook, or put their hands unto; or in any expedition they went upon, or when they went out to war, as Kimchi, Ben Melech, and Abarbinel explain the phrase: the battle went against them, because God was against them; his hand was against them, and there was no resisting and turning that back; and this sense seems to agree with what goes before and follows after; though in some Jewish writings ^F1 it is explained of those that went out of the land to escape the calamities of it, and particularly of Elimelech and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, ( Ruth 1:1 Ruth 1:2 ) ;

as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them;
having ratified and confirmed his threatening with an oath, that if they served other gods, he would surely bring upon them all the curses of the law; see ( Deuteronomy 29:12-20 ) ;

and they were greatly distressed;
by the Canaanites they suffered to dwell among them, who were pricks in their eyes, and thorns in their sides, as had been threatened them; and by the nations round about them, who came in upon them, and plundered them, and carried them captive.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 12. p. 34.

Giudici 2:15 In-Context

13 E abbandonarono il Signore, e servirono a Baal e ad Astarot.

14 Laonde l’ira del Signore si accese contro ad Israele, ed egli li diede nelle mani di predatori, i quali li predarono; e li vendè nelle mani de’ lor nemici d’ogni intorno, talchè non poterono più stare a fronte a’ lor nemici.

15 Dovunque uscivano, la mano del Signore era contro a loro in male, come il Signore avea loro detto e giurato; onde furono grandemente distretti.

16 Or il Signore suscitava de’ Giudici, i quali li liberavano dalla mano di quelli che li predavano.

17 Ma non pure a’ lor Giudici ubbidivano; anzi andavano fornicando dietro ad altri dii, e li adoravano; subito si rivolgevano dalla via, per la quale erano camminati i lor padri, ubbidendo a’ comandamenti del Signore; essi non facevano già così.