1. Juges 10:6–11:11 (NEG79)
  2. Structure et plan

The basic pattern in the book of Judges that is now apparent in the story of Jephthah

Juges 10:6–11:11 (NEG79)

6 Les enfants d'Israël firent encore ce qui déplaît à l'Eternel; ils servirent les Baals et les Astartés, les dieux de Syrie, les dieux de Sidon, les dieux de Moab, les dieux des fils d'Ammon, et les dieux des Philistins, et ils abandonnèrent l'Eternel et ne le servirent plus.

On the one hand, Israel, God’s chosen people, repeatedly fall into sin and wander away from the Lord. On the other hand, God is ready to help them out when they are in trouble.

There is a repetitive pattern that is described in general in Judges 2:1–23:

  • The Israelites serve idols and abandon the Lord.

  • This kindles the anger of the Lord.

  • The Lord gives them over into the hand of their surrounding enemies.

  • The Lord is moved to pity and raises a judge who saves them.

  • After the death of the judge, the Israelites go after false gods again; they are even more corrupt than their fathers.