Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:15
And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
15. For the submission to Jehovah’s will cf. 1Sa 3:18, 2Sa 15:26.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 15. We have sinned] The reprehension of this people was kind, pointed, and solemn; and their repentance deep. And they gave proofs that their repentance was genuine, by putting away all their idols: but they were ever fickle and uncertain.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Do not give us up into the hands of these cruel men, but do thou chastise us with thine own hand as much as thou pleasest, to wit, if we be not more faithful and constant to thee than we have hitherto been.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, we have sinned,…. By serving other gods particularly; and they seemed to have a true sense of their sin, and their confessions of it to be ingenuous, by what follows:
do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; inflict what punishment he would upon them, as famine or pestilence, they could not but own it would be just and righteous, and what their sins deserved:
deliver us only, we pray thee, this day; out of the hands of men; they chose rather to fall into the hands of God; and however he thought fit to deal with them, they entreated that this once he would save them out of the hands of their enemies.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) Deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.The invariable cry of the soul in trouble. With the former half of the verse comp. 1Sa. 3:18; 1Sa. 15:26.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
15. We have sinned Now their repentance becomes deeper and profounder. They had before (Jdg 10:10) confessed their sins, but had not forsaken them. Now, brought into deep humiliation by the divine threat, (Jdg 10:13.) they are ready to do or receive whatsoever seemeth good unto Jehovah.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ And the children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned, you do to us whatever seems good to you, only deliver us, we pray you, this day.” ’
The children of Israel remembered Yahweh’s promises to Abraham, and were confident that He would pity them. They could not believe that he would not honour His promises. That is always a good place to start when we seek God. So they admitted their sins and sought Him for deliverance, telling Him that He could punish them as He wished if only He would deliver them.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Reader, do not overlook, in this acknowledgment of Israel, the characters of true repentance. They lie low in the dust, acknowledging God’s sovereign right to do as he pleased; and while they supplicate mercy, confess that they have no pretensions to it. Certainly the Holy Ghost prepares the souls of true penitents for all the riches of Jesus’ grace, in thus stripping the heart of everything, that Jesus may be more precious.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jdg 10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
Ver. 15. We have sinned: do thou unto us.] They do not yet despair, but put themselves into the hands of divine justice, in hope of mercy; they make a total resignation of all that they are and have to God; they pray on, and put away the evil of their doings from before his eyes. Jdg 10:16 An excellent pattern of repentance for all to imitate.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
We have sinned: 2Sa 12:13, 2Sa 24:10, Job 33:27, Pro 28:13, 1Jo 1:8-10
do thou: Jos 9:25, 1Sa 3:18, 2Sa 10:12, 2Sa 15:26, Jon 2:4, Jon 3:9
seemeth: etc. Heb. is good in thine eyes
deliver: 2Sa 24:14, Job 34:31, Job 34:32
Reciprocal: Deu 32:36 – repent Jos 24:23 – put away 1Sa 7:4 – General 1Sa 12:10 – And they 1Ki 8:48 – And so return 2Ki 13:4 – the Lord 1Ch 19:13 – let the Lord 2Ch 12:7 – the Lord Neh 9:27 – in the time Psa 119:146 – and I shall keep Isa 17:7 – General Jer 18:8 – that nation Act 7:34 – I have seen
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 10:15. Do thou unto us, &c. Do not give us up into the hands of these cruel men, but do thou chastise us with thine own hand as much as thou pleasest, if we be not more faithful and constant to thee than we have hitherto been.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, {e} this day.
(e) That is, from this present danger.