Judges 10:16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel's misery no longer.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel's misery no longer.

English Standard Version
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

King James Bible
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the LORD, and He became weary of Israel's misery.

International Standard Version
When they put away their foreign gods and served the LORD, he brought Israel's misery to an end.

American Standard Version
And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods and served the Lord their God: and he was touched with their miseries.

Darby Bible Translation
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

Joshua 24:23
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.

1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 12:10
And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.

Psalm 73:21
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, said the LORD.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:10-18 God is able to multiply men's punishments according to the numbers of their sins and idols. But there is hope when sinners cry to the Lord for help, and lament their ungodliness as well as their more open transgressions. It is necessary, in true repentance, that there be a full conviction that those things cannot help us which we have set in competition with God. They acknowledged what they deserved, yet prayed to God not to deal with them according to their deserts. We must submit to God's justice, with a hope in his mercy. True repentance is not only for sin, but from sin. As the disobedience and misery of a child are a grief to a tender father, so the provocations of God's people are a grief to him. From him mercy never can be sought in vain. Let then the trembling sinner, and the almost despairing backslider, cease from debating about God's secret purposes, or from expecting to find hope from former experiences. Let them cast themselves on the mercy of God our Saviour, humble themselves under his hand, seek deliverance from the powers of darkness, separate themselves from sin, and from occasions of it, use the means of grace diligently, and wait the Lord's time, and so they shall certainly rejoice in his mercy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jud 10:16-18. They Repent; God Pities Them.

16. they put away the strange gods … and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel—On their abandonment of idolatry and return to purity of worship, God graciously abridged the term of national affliction and restored times of peace.