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Judges 4:1
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author of Judges records this historical moment immediately following the death of the judge Ehud, documenting the recurring spiritual condition of the Israelite nation.
The words — וַ/יֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ (va/i.yo.Si.fu) literally means "and they repeated," while בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה (be./'ei.Nei Yah.weh) translates to "in the eyes of Yahweh."
The thread — This cycle of repeated rebellion appears in Judges 2:11, is confronted in Jeremiah 5:3 regarding unrepentant sin, and triggers the covenantal discipline outlined in Leviticus 26:23.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that apostasy is a deliberate, recurring pattern that precedes divine judgment, requiring readers to trace the direct link between repeated sin and the loss of protection.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Leviticus 26:23 And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Judges 2:11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 2:19 But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
- Judges 3:7 So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Judges 3:12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 6:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Judges 10:6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- Psalms 106:43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Nehemiah 9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.