Judges 10:10
in Judges 10Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.
KJV
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
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This verse in Judges 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee--The first step of repentance is confession of sin, and the best proof of its sincerity is given by the transgressor, when he mourns not only over the painful consequences which have resulted from his offenses to himself, but over the heinous evil committed against God.
This site's exposition
the Israelites cried out to the LORD
This is the last of six times Judges records Israel crying out to the LORD, after 3:9, 3:15, 4:3, 6:6 and 6:7, and the Philistine oppression of 13:1 opens with no cry. It is the only one that gives the words. They confess the sin twice, "we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals," the charge of verse 6 said back to him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord,....
Now they own themselves guilty, like a malefactor upon the rack, and promise reformation, like a child under the rod. They not only complain of the distress, but acknowledge it is their own sin that has brought them into the distress; therefore God is righteous, and they have no reason to repine.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Was it not from Mitzrayim. There are seven salvations here, corresponding with the seven pagan gods they worshiped. 6 V. See Rashi there.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙ | vaiyizaku | and they cried out | H2199 → | 73 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| חָטָ֣אנוּ | chatanu | we have sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| לָ֔ךְ | lakh | to <the> you | ||
| וְכִ֤י | vekhi | and for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙ | ʾazavnu | we have forsaken | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ד | vanaavod | and we have served | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבְּעָלִֽים׃ פ | habealim | the Baals | H1168 → | 82 times |
וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙and they cried out
vaiyizakuH2199 →73 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
חָטָ֣אנוּwe have sinned
chatanuH2398 →238 times
לָ֔ךְto <the> you
lakh
וְכִ֤יand for
vekhiH3588 →4482 times
עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙we have forsaken
ʾazavnuH5800 →215 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖דand we have served
vanaavodH5647 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבְּעָלִֽים׃ פthe Baals
habealimH1168 →82 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 107:13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
it leads to
- Psalms 107:6
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 107:28
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Judges 6:6–10
Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- Psalms 107:6
Through
Psalms 107:28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
it leads to
- Psalms 107:13
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 8:25
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
- Psalms 107:13
Through
Psalms 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
it leads to
- Psalms 78:34–35
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 78:34–35
About Judges
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.