Judges 2:12 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Provoked the Lord to anger — A frequent expression in connection with idolatry, especially in Deuteronomy, in the Books of the Kings, and in…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Forsook the Lord God of their fathers.—(Deuteronomy 31:16–17). It seems, however, that the sin of the Israelites was a…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers The covenant God of their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

We have a general idea of the course of events in Israel during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as wretched and miserable by for…

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