Bible Strands
Judges 10:11
The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to the Israelites immediately after their confession of forsaking God for the Baals. This occurs at the precise moment they cry out for help following oppression by multiple neighboring nations.
The words — The Hebrew וַיּאמֶר יְהוָה (va-yomer Yahweh) literally means "and Yahweh said," marking the narrative shift from human complaint to divine response. The particle הֲלֹא (halo) functions as a rhetorical question marker, translating directly to "did I not...?"
The thread — The text lists Egypt, Amorites, and Philistines, which aligns with Exodus 14:30, Numbers 21:21, and Judges 3:31. This catalog of past oppressors and subsequent divine rescue establishes a recurring historical pattern in the book.
Why it lands — The text states that God previously delivered Israel from these exact nations, demanding a factual acknowledgment of past intervention. It requires the reader to recognize that repeated deliverance does not nullify the consequences of turning away from the deliverer.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
Cross-references
- Exodus 14:30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- Numbers 21:21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- Judges 3:31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
- Numbers 21:35 So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.
- Judges 2:1 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
- Judges 3:11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- 1 Samuel 12:8 When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
- Nehemiah 9:9 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- Psalms 78:51 He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
- Psalms 106:8 Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.