Jueces 2:15

15 Cada vez que los israelitas salían a combatir, la mano del SEÑOR estaba en contra de ellos para su mal, tal como el SEÑOR se lo había dicho y jurado. Así llegaron a verse muy angustiados.

Jueces 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.

Jueces 2:15 In-Context

13 Abandonaron al SEÑOR, y adoraron a Baal y a las imágenes de Astarté.

14 Entonces el SEÑOR se enfureció contra los israelitas y los entregó en manos de invasores que los saquearon. Los vendió a sus enemigos que tenían a su alrededor, a los que ya no pudieron hacerles frente.

15 Cada vez que los israelitas salían a combatir, la mano del SEÑOR estaba en contra de ellos para su mal, tal como el SEÑOR se lo había dicho y jurado. Así llegaron a verse muy angustiados.

16 Entonces el SEÑOR hizo surgir caudillos que los libraron del poder de esos invasores.

17 Pero tampoco escucharon a esos caudillos, sino que se prostituyeron al entregarse a otros dioses y adorarlos. Muy pronto se apartaron del camino que habían seguido sus antepasados, el camino de la obediencia a los mandamientos del SEÑOR.