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Forgetting God Has Consequences
Commentators explain that when Israel 'forgat Jehovah their God,' it was an act of rebellion, primarily through idolatry. In response, God 'sold them' to their enemies. This wasn't a passive allowance but an active judgment, demonstrating the principle that rejecting God's loving rule inevitably leads to facing His righteous justice.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 12:9
18th Century
Theologian
According to the present arrangement of the Book of Judges and the common chronology, the oppression of Sisera must have occurred about 200 years a…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 12:9
19th Century
Bishop
And when they forgot the Lord their God.—Israel's idolatry, along with the immorality and shameless wickedness that always attended it, wa…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Samuel 12:9–11
19th Century
Preacher
They often transgressed and were as often afflicted; but whenever they returned to the Lord with their confession of sin and again sought His mercy…
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John Gill
On 1 Samuel 12:9
17th Century
Pastor
And when they forgat the Lord their God
The worship of the Lord their God, as the Targum; that is, they fell into id…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 12:6–15
17th Century
Minister
The work of ministers is to reason with people: not only to exhort and direct, but also to persuade, to convince their judgments, and so to gain th…