Jueces 11:23

23 »”El SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, les quitó esta tierra a los amorreos para dársela a su pueblo Israel, ¿y tú nos la vas a quitar?

Jueces 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:23

So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites
from before his people Israel
It is his doing, and not the work of the Israelites; it is he that dispossessed the Amorites, and put the Israelites into the possession of their land, and therefore they enjoy it by a good tenure:

and shouldest thou possess it?
what through the blessing of God on their arms they have obtained by conquest, and he has settled them in; did they conquer, that thou should possess what they conquered? did their God put it into their hands to deliver it into thine? did they fight to recover for thee what thou hadst lost, and to put thee into the possession of it? did not they fight in their own defence, and their enemies and their land fell into their hands, and by the laws and right of nations became theirs? and canst thou expect to possess it? what reason is there for it?

Jueces 11:23 In-Context

21 »”El SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, entregó a Sijón y a todo su ejército en manos de Israel, y los derrotó. Así tomó Israel posesión de toda la tierra de los amorreos que vivían en aquel país,

22 ocupándolo todo, desde el Arnón hasta el Jaboc y desde el desierto hasta el Jordán.

23 »”El SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, les quitó esta tierra a los amorreos para dársela a su pueblo Israel, ¿y tú nos la vas a quitar?

24 ¿Acaso no consideras tuyo lo que tu dios Quemós te da? Pues también nosotros consideramos nuestro lo que el SEÑOR nuestro Dios nos ha dado.

25 ¿Acaso te crees mejor que Balac hijo de Zipor, rey de Moab? ¿Acaso alguna vez entró él en litigio con Israel, o luchó contra ellos?