_ISRAEL’S RELAPSE INTO SIN, AND THEIR OPPRESSION BY THE MIDIANITES. Judges 6:1_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:1. DID EVIL, etc.] Not _continued_ to do evil, though that is implied (pp. 158, 186). Deborah and Barak were now dead, and their personal example, the influence of their names, and their warning... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 6.—_Judges 6:11_ THE UNSEEN FRIEND CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:11. THERE CAME AN ANGEL OF THE LORD.] Rather, “_the angel of the Lord came_.” The reference being to one particular person known already by that name (ch. Judges 2:1). He almost always personated Jehovah, or speaks in His name (Ex... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:24_ THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIER TO DELIVERANCE CRITICAL NOTES.—one thing must be scrupulously gone about, ere a step can be taken to secure the much-needed emancipation of the land. The deliverance itself it would be easy for God to accomplish, were the barrier that prevented it... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:33_ PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICT CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:33. THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES AND THE AMALEKITES.] As to the Amalekites, see Judges 6:3, and ch. Judges 3:13. God puts a special brand on the name of Amalek. He would “blot out the remembrance of that people from under he... [ Continue Reading ]