3And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
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Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! …
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)We may observe in these verses, I. The ardent zeal which the Israelites had expressed against the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, as it was countenanced by the tribe of Benjamin. Occasion is here given to mention two instances of their zeal on this occasion, which we did not meet with before:—1. While the general convention of the states was gathering together, and was waiting for a full house be…
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