Judges 2:20
in Judges 2So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
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ASV
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
KJV
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
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This verse in Judges 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Because this nation has transgressed the covenant
on Judges 2:20-23
Joshua 21:45 says none of the LORD's promises failed, yet verse 23 says He did not deliver those nations "into the hand of Joshua". Two old readings hold both: God gave what He promised and Israel failed to take it, or Joshua means the land granted.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel,.... As at first, so whenever they fell into idolatry; see Jdg 2:14, and he said, because this people have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers; made at Sinai, in which they were enjoined to have no other gods before him: and have not hearkened to my voice; in his commands, and particularly what related to his worship and against idolatry.
Their punishment was that the Canaanites were spared, and so they were beaten with their own rod. They were not all delivered into the hand of Joshua while he lived,
It was the privilege of Israel that they had not only a law in general sent them from heaven, once for all, to direct them into and keep them in the way of happiness, but that they had particular messages sent them from heaven, as there was occasion, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, when at any time they turned aside out of that way.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The anger of the Lord was hot - They were as fuel by their transgressions; and the displeasure of the Lord was as a fire about to kindle and consume that fuel.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
This verse is connected with Jdg 2:13. The intermediate verses refer to much later times; they have the appearance of being the reflections of the compiler interspersed with the original narrative. But Jdg 2:20 catches up the thread only to let it fall immediately. All that follows, down to the end of Jdg 3:7, seems to be another digression, closing with words like those of Jdg 2:13. It does not appear how this message was given to Israel, whether by Angel, or prophet, or Urim, nor indeed is it certain whether any message was given. The words may be understood as merely explaining what passed through the divine mind, and expressing the thoughts which regulated the divine proceeding.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽחַר־ | vaiyichar- | and it burned | H2734 → | 91 times |
| אַ֥ף | ʾaf | [the] anger of | H639 → | 276 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | beyisrael | on Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יַעַן֩ | yaan | because | H3282 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָבְר֜וּ | ʾaveru | they have transgressed | H5674 → | 556 times |
| הַגּ֣וֹי | hagoy | the nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| הַזֶּ֗ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִי֙ | beriti | covenant my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוִּ֣יתִי | tziviti | I commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲבוֹתָ֔ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁמְע֖וּ | shameu | they have listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| לְקוֹלִֽי׃ | lekoli | to voice my | H6963 → | 506 times |
וַיִּֽחַר־and it burned
vaiyichar-H2734 →91 times
אַ֥ף[the] anger of
ʾafH639 →276 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לon Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יַעַן֩because
yaanH3282 →
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָבְר֜וּthey have transgressed
ʾaveruH5674 →556 times
הַגּ֣וֹיthe nation
hagoyH1471 →561 times
הַזֶּ֗ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִי֙covenant my
beritiH1285 →284 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוִּ֣יתִיI commanded
tzivitiH6680 →494 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲבוֹתָ֔םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
שָׁמְע֖וּthey have listened
shameuH8085 →1159 times
לְקוֹלִֽי׃to voice my
lekoliH6963 →506 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
Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:20
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
- Psalms 106:40–42
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- 2 Kings 17:20
Through
Ezekiel 20:37I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:32
Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:13
In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under…
- Leviticus 27:32
Through
Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was…
it leads to
- Exodus 24:6–8
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
- Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
- Exodus 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Exodus 24:6–8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.