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

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

Then God said, "I certainly will be with you. And this will be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will serve God on this mountain."

No one will be victorious against you for the rest of your life. I'll be with you just like I was with Moses I'll neither fail you nor abandon you.

One night, the Lord told Paul in a vision, "Stop being afraid to speak out! Don't remain silent!

It repented

When they put away their foreign gods and served the LORD, he brought Israel's misery to an end.

Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.

For the LORD will vindicate his people and bring comfort to his servants, because he will observe that their power has waned, when neither prisoner nor free person remain.

Please return, LORD! When will it be? Comfort your servants.

Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help,

At one moment I may speak about a nation or a kingdom to uproot it, pull it down, or destroy it.

"How can I give up on you, Ephraim? I will deliver you, will I not, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? I can't make you like Zeboim, can I? My heart stirs within me; my compassion also fans into flame!

God took note of what they did that they turned from their evil ways. Because God relented concerning the trouble about which he had warned them, he did not carry it out.

Their groanings

God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

But Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD paid attention to him, because the LORD had been watching the oppression that Israel was enduring from the king of Aram.

"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it."

General references

Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help,

So the LORD relented from this. "This will not happen, either," said the Lord GOD.