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A Predicted Consequence
Matthew Henry notes that this long period of oppression was not random but a direct fulfillment of God's warnings in Leviticus 26:17. The suffering the Israelites endured was a self-inflicted consequence of their disobedience, showing that turning away from God has tangible, negative results.
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18th Century
Theologian
That year - Perhaps the closing year of the oppression, when the Ammonites passed over the Jordan. For it was this crowning oppression which…
19th Century
Bishop
That year. —The narrative is evidently imperfect, as no year is specified.
Vexed and oppressed. —This again…
17th Century
Pastor
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel ,
&c.] The Philistines on one side, and the children o…
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17th Century
Minister
Now the threatening was fulfilled, that the Israelites should have no power to stand before their enemies (Leviticus 26:17, 37…