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God's Purpose in Hardship
Commentators explain that God's decision to not immediately drive out the nations was purposeful. It was intended to test Israel's obedience and, in response to their sin, to use these nations as an instrument of discipline. This reveals that God can have deliberate, sovereign purposes even in circumstances that appear to be failures or unresolved problems.
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John Gill
On Judges 2:23
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore the Lord left these nations, without driving them
out hastily
Left them unsub…
Matthew Henry
On Judges 2:6–23
17th Century
Minister
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…