Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 6:10

And I said unto you, I [am] the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

A similar use of the name Amorite, instead of the more usual name Canaanite, occurs in Jos 24:15, Jos 24:18. Perhaps a special reason may be found for the use of Amorite, if the prophet was addressing those who dwelt in the mountains, where the Amorites chiefly dwelt. The idolatries of the Amorites seem, too, to have been preeminently abominable (see 2Ki 21:11; 1Ki 21:26). It should be observed that the prophets language, as it traces the misery of Israel to their sins, so also intimates the necessity of repentance and of breaking off their sins – especially the sin of idolatry – as preliminary to any deliverance. In exact accordance with this view, Gideon commences his work by throwing down the altar of Baal, and building up the altar of Yahweh Jdg 6:24-25.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Fear not, i.e. do not serve or worship them.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God, c:] The covenant God of them and their fathers, and they ought not to have owned and acknowledged any other besides him:

fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell meaning not a fear of being hurt by them, but such a fear and reverence of them as to worship them, which was only to be given to the Lord. The Amorites are here put for all the Canaanites, they being a principal people among them:

but ye have not obeyed my voice; to cleave to him, fear and worship him; they had been guilty of idolatry, and this is the sin the prophet was sent to reprove them for, and bring them to a sense of.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(10) The gods of the Amorites.See Jos. 24:15; 1Ki. 21:26. As the Amorites seem to have been the highlanders of Palestine, and the most powerful of all the Canaanitish tribes, their name is sometimes used for that of all the Canaanites (Jos. 24:15). Thus Heber says:

As when five monarchs led to Gibeons fight
In rude array the harnessed Amorite.

No deliverance can be promised till repentance has begun. When the warnings of the prophet are heeded the mission of the deliverer begins.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

10. Gods of the Amorites The word Amorites is here, as in Gen 15:16, and Jos 24:15, put for the whole of the Canaanitish tribes. Their idol gods they were not to fear. “Perhaps in this case a special reason may be found for the use of Amorite, if the prophet was addressing those who dwelt in the mountains where the Amorites chiefly dwelt.” Hervey.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments