Judecătorii 2:18

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Cînd le ridica Domnul judecători, Domnul era cu judecătorul, şi -i izbăvea din mîna vrăjmaşilor lor în tot timpul vieţii judecătorului, căci Domnului I se făcea milă de suspinurile scoase de ei împotriva celor ce -i apăsau şi -i chinuiau.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

then the Lord: Exodus 3:12, Joshua 1:5, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10

it repented: Judges 10:16, Genesis 6:6, Deuteronomy 32:36, Psalms 90:13, Psalms 106:44, Psalms 106:45, Jeremiah 18:7-10, Hosea 11:8, Jonah 3:10

their groanings: Exodus 2:24, 2 Kings 13:4, 2 Kings 13:22, 2 Kings 13:23, Psalms 12:5

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:9 - oppresseth Judges 6:12 - The Lord Judges 8:23 - I will Judges 11:32 - the Lord 1 Samuel 14:23 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 21:15 - repented him 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord Nehemiah 9:27 - saviours Psalms 44:7 - But Jeremiah 18:8 - I will Jeremiah 26:13 - repent Jeremiah 42:10 - for I Hosea 6:4 - for Amos 7:6 - General Haggai 2:4 - for John 8:33 - and were Acts 7:34 - I have seen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge,.... Every one of them that he raised up; as he stirred up their spirits for such service, to judge his people, and qualified them for it, he assisted and strengthened them, and abode by them, and succeeded them in whatsoever they engaged for the welfare of the people; the Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord was for the help of the judge:''

and delivered them out of the hands of their enemies all the days of the judge; so long as a judge lived, or continued to be their judge, they were protected by him, and preserved from falling into the hands of their enemies:

for it repented the Lord because of their groanings, by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them; the Lord being merciful had compassion upon them, when they groaned under their oppressions, and cried unto him, then he received their prayer, as the Targum, and sent them a deliverer; and so did what men do when they repent of a thing, change their conduct; thus the Lord changed the outward dispensation of his providence towards them, according to his unchangeable will; for otherwise repentance, properly speaking, does not belong unto God: the Targum is,

"he turned from the word he spake;''

the threatening he had denounced.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It repented the Lord - Rather, “the Lord was moved with compassion,” or “was grieved,” “because of their groanings.” (Compare Judges 21:15.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 2:18. The Lord was with the judge — God himself was king, and the judge was his representative.

It repented the Lord — He changed his purpose towards them: he purposed to destroy them because of their sin; they repented and turned to him, and he changed this purpose. The purpose was to destroy them if they did not repent; when they did repent, his not destroying them was quite consistent with his purpose.