Juízes 2:15

15 Por onde quer que saíam, a mão do Senhor era contra eles para o mal, como o Senhor tinha dito, e como lho tinha jurado; e estavam em grande aflição.

Juízes 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.

Juízes 2:15 In-Context

13 abandonando-o, e servindo a baalins e astarotes.

14 Pelo que a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel, e ele os entregou na mão dos espoliadores, que os despojaram; e os vendeu na mão dos seus inimigos ao redor, de modo que não puderam mais resistir diante deles.

15 Por onde quer que saíam, a mão do Senhor era contra eles para o mal, como o Senhor tinha dito, e como lho tinha jurado; e estavam em grande aflição.

16 Mas o Senhor suscitou juízes, que os livraram da mão dos que os espojavam.

17 Contudo, não deram ouvidos nem aos seus juízes, pois se prostituíram após outros deuses, e os adoraram; depressa se desviaram do caminho, por onde andaram seus pais em obediência aos mandamentos do Senhor; não fizeram como eles.