Judges 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Then the lord

Exodus 3:12

Joshua 1:5

Acts 18:9

It repented

Jonah 3:10

Their groanings

Exodus 2:24

2 Kings 13:4

Psalm 12:5

General references

Psalm 106:44

Amos 7:6

Bible References

Then the lord

And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.

While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up.

And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

It repented

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;

How may I give you up, O Ephraim? how may I be your saviour, O Israel? how may I make you like Admah? how may I do to you as I did to Zeboim? My heart is turned in me, it is soft with pity.

And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.

Their groanings

And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.

Then Jehoahaz made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord gave ear to him, for he saw how cruelly Israel was crushed by the king of Aram.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

General references

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.