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But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn`t cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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A Worsening Cycle of Sin
Commentators note that Israel's rebellion wasn't just a repeating cycle; it was a downward spiral. Each generation "dealt more corruptly than their fathers." Matthew Henry observes that those who turn from God's ways often become more desperate and daring in their sin, showing how compromise leads to deeper corruption.
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19th Century
Anglican
They did not cease from their own doings. —Literally, as in the margin, “they let nothing fall of their deeds.”
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead Any one of them, the first and so all succeeding ones:
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Presbyterian
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…
