Judges 10:14

Translations

Modern

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

Traditional

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

Literal

Go and cry out to the gods that you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”

Latin

…ite, et invocate deos quos elegistis: ipsi vos liberent in tempore angustiæ.

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Hebrew

English

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

Notes

Judges 10:6–16

The Lord responded to his people's complete abandonment by allowing severe oppression (Judges 10:8). As usual, Israel called out to the Lord for help (Judges 10:10) only after facing great hardship (10:9). Normally, Israel's cry led to divine help, but God's choice to leave them to their chosen gods marks a change in the cycle described in Judges 2:10–19. Only when the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the Lord did he act to save them again (Judges 10:17–11:33).

Theme notes and profiles

Moab and Ammon God’s Grief over Apostasy

Events

Oppression by Ammon and Philistia

Related verses

Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
Deuteronomy 32:37–38
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
Proverbs 1:25–27
…because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Deuteronomy 32:26–28
I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
2 Kings 3:13
Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
1 Kings 18:27–28
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

Glossary

Gilead (Place) Judges, Book of Mizpah

Topics

Ammonites: Defeated by the Israelites Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Idolatry: Folly of Idolatry: Other Customs of Prayers to Idols Idolatry: Unprofitable Ingratitude of Man to God Israel: The People Backslide, and are Given Over to the Philistines for Chastisement for Eighteen Years Prayer: Answered: Ammon Repentance of Their Idolatry, when Afflicted by the Philistines Sarcasm: God Reproaching Israel

Judges 10:14

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