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And he could bear Israel&#8217s misery no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the LORD. And he was grieved by their misery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could no longer endure the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and He could bear the trouble of Israel no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the LORD, and he became weary of Israel’s misery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the LORD, and He became weary of Israel&#8217s misery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then the Israelites got rid of the idols of the foreign gods, and they began worshiping only the LORD. Finally, there came a time when the LORD could no longer stand to see them suffer. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then they got rid of the foreign gods they had and served the LORD. So the LORD could not bear to have Israel suffer any longer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So they got rid of their foreign gods and worshiped the LORD; and he became troubled over Israel's distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When they put away their foreign gods and served the LORD, he brought Israel's misery to an end. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved with the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve YHWH, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will remove the strange gods from the midst of them, and they will serve Jehovah: and his soul will be shortened for the labor of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And saying these things, they cast out all the idols of the foreign gods from their regions, and they served the Lord God. And he was touched by their miseries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And they cast out the foreign gods from their midst and served the LORD, so that he grieved over the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So they put away the foreign gods from among them and worshiped the LORD; and he could no longer bear to see Israel suffer.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel put away the strange gods from among them and served the LORD; for the soul of Israel was grieved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the children of Israel removed the foreign gods from among them, and they served LORD JEHOVAH, because the soul of Israel had lost heart<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD; and His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and his soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/10-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=3321" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/10.htm">Philistine and Ammonite Oppression</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!” <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: way·yā·sî·rū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">So they put away</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5236.htm" title="5236: han·nê·ḵār (Art:: N-ms) -- That which is foreign, foreignness. From nakar; foreign, or a foreigner, or heathendom.">the foreign</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: miq·qir·bām (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">from among them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">and served</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">and He</a> <a href="/hebrew/7114.htm" title="7114: wat·tiq·ṣar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To dock off, curtail, to harvest. A primitive root; to dock off, i.e. Curtail; especially to harvest.">could no longer bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999: ba·‘ă·mal (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Trouble, labor, toil. From amal; toil, i.e. Wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. Of body or mind.">the misery</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">1 Samuel 7:3</a></span><br />Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></span><br />Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-3</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. / Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22</a></span><br />“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-44.htm">Psalm 106:44-45</a></span><br />Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. / And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Nehemiah 9:27-28</a></span><br />So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-2.htm">Deuteronomy 30:2-3</a></span><br />and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, / then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-47.htm">1 Kings 8:47-50</a></span><br />and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’ / and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name, / then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-20</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” / “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Matthew 3:8</a></span><br />Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-20</a></span><br />I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ / So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">they put</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></b></br> If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/15-8.htm">2 Chronicles 15:8</a></b></br> And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that <i>was</i> before the porch of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/33-15.htm">2 Chronicles 33:15</a></b></br> And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast <i>them</i> out of the city.</p><p class="hdg">strange gods.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6</a></b></br> And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-44.htm">Psalm 106:44,45</a></b></br> Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></b></br> 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 bare them, and carried them all the days of old.</p><p class="hdg">grieved.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/10-7.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/joshua/24-19.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/numbers/23-8.htm">Indignant</a> <a href="/judges/10-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/6-14.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/judges/10-13.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/judges/9-51.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-7.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/judges/9-29.htm">Rid</a> <a href="/judges/10-13.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/judges/10-13.htm">Served</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Sorrows</a> <a href="/judges/5-21.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/joshua/24-23.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/joshua/24-20.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/judges/9-29.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/18-25.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/judges/13-2.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-8.htm">Indignant</a> <a href="/judges/10-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/11-21.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-18.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/judges/12-4.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/job/3-10.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-14.htm">Rid</a> <a href="/judges/19-19.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/ruth/2-14.htm">Served</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-6.htm">Sorrows</a> <a href="/judges/16-16.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/judges/11-2.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/judges/19-12.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/judges/11-8.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-1.htm">Tola judges Israel in Shamir</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-3.htm">Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-6.htm">The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-10.htm">In their misery God sends them to their false gods</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/10-15.htm">Upon their repentance he pities them</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Throughout the Book of Judges, Israel repeatedly falls into idolatry, worshiping the gods of the surrounding nations such as Baal and Ashtoreth. This act of putting away foreign gods signifies repentance and a return to monotheistic worship. The removal of idols is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, emphasizing the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). It reflects a physical and spiritual cleansing, aligning with the covenant relationship established at Sinai.<p><b>and served the LORD</b><br>Serving the LORD implies a renewed commitment to the covenant relationship with Yahweh. This service is not merely ritualistic but involves obedience to God's laws and commands. The Hebrew word for "serve" (עָבַד, avad) can also mean "to work" or "to worship," indicating a holistic devotion. This phrase echoes the Shema (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>), which calls for loving and serving God with all one's heart, soul, and strength. It also foreshadows the New Testament call to serve God through faith in Jesus Christ (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>).<p><b>and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel</b><br>This phrase highlights God's compassion and mercy. Despite Israel's repeated disobedience, God's love and covenant faithfulness lead Him to respond to their suffering. The term "misery" refers to the consequences of their sin, often manifesting as oppression by foreign powers. God's response is consistent with His character as described in <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where He is portrayed as compassionate and gracious. This divine compassion prefigures the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who bears humanity's misery and sin on the cross (<a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who repeatedly fell into idolatry and sin, leading to their oppression by foreign nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreign_gods.htm">Foreign gods</a></b><br>The idols and deities worshiped by the surrounding nations, which the Israelites adopted, leading them away from the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who desires exclusive worship and is compassionate towards His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/o/oppression.htm">Oppression</a></b><br>The suffering and subjugation experienced by the Israelites as a consequence of their idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/repentance.htm">Repentance</a></b><br>The act of turning away from sin and returning to God, demonstrated by the Israelites putting away foreign gods.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_repentance.htm">The Necessity of Repentance</a></b><br>True repentance involves a decisive turning away from sin and idolatry, as seen in the Israelites' actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion.htm">God's Compassion</a></b><br>Despite Israel's repeated failures, God's compassion is evident as He responds to their misery and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/exclusive_worship.htm">Exclusive Worship</a></b><br>God demands exclusive worship, and idolatry in any form is a serious offense against Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The Israelites' suffering under foreign oppression serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>No matter how far we stray, there is always hope for restoration when we genuinely return to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_being_vexed_mean.htm">What does being vexed mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_later_save_israel.htm">(Judges 10:13) Why does God say He will no longer save Israel and then later appears to do so? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/extra-biblical_proof_of_israel's_apostasy.htm">(Judges 10:6) What extra-biblical evidence supports or contradicts Israel's repeated apostasy to multiple foreign gods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_quick_divine_shift_in_judges_10_credible.htm">(Judges 10:15-16) How credible is the rapid shift from national desperation to supposed divine intervention within this same chapter?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">They put away the strange gods.</span>--The moment the sincerity of their repentance was proved, God hears them (<a href="/genesis/35-1.htm" title="And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, that appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.">Genesis 35:1</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm" title="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.">1Samuel 7:3</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/15-8.htm" title="And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.">2Chronicles 15:8</a>).<p><span class= "bld">His soul was grieved.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">was shortened. </span>(Comp. <a href="/zechariah/11-8.htm" title="Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.">Zechariah 11:8</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they put away the strange gods</span>. Here at length were "the fruits meet for repentance," and "the returning to the Lord their God;" the intended result of the severe but loving correction (see Homiletics, <a href="/judges/6-25.htm">Judges 6:25-32</a>). Cf. <a href="/genesis/35-2.htm">Genesis 35:2</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">1 Samuel 7:3</a>, in which passages, as here, the phrase <span class="accented">the strange gods</span> is the correct rendering; not, as in the margin, <span class="accented">gods of strangers.</span> The Hebrew phrase here rendered his <span class="cmt_word">soul was grieved</span> occurs <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Numbers 21:4</a>; <a href="/judges/16-16.htm">Judges 16:16</a>; <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Zechariah 11:2</a>; it means <span class="accented">was impatient</span> - literally, <span class="accented">was shortened</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> he could bear it no longer. A somewhat similar description of the Divine relenting is contained in the beautiful passage <a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7-9</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/10-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they put away</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּסִ֜ירוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·sî·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the foreign</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֵּכָר֙</span> <span class="translit">(han·nê·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5236.htm">Strong's 5236: </a> </span><span class="str2">That which is foreign, foreignness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gods</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from among them</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקִּרְבָּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qir·bām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and served</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשׁ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">could no longer bear</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּקְצַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiq·ṣar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7114.htm">Strong's 7114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dock off, curtail, to harvest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the misery</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲמַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·mal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5999.htm">Strong's 5999: </a> </span><span class="str2">Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/10-16.htm">OT History: Judges 10:16 They put away the foreign gods (Jd Judg. 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