And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel - What a proof of the philanthropy of God! Here his compassions moved on a small scale; but it was the same principle that led him to give his Son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice for the sins of the Whole world. God grieves for the miseries to which his creatures are reduced by their own sins. Be astonished, ye heavens, at this; and shout for joy, all ye inhabitants of the earth! for, through the love whence this compassion flowed, God has visited and redeemed a lost world!
10:16 They put away - This was an evidence of the sincerity of their sorrow, that they did not only confess their sins, but also forsake them.His soul, &c. - He acted towards them, like one that felt their sufferings; he had pity upon them, quite changed his carriage towards them, and punished their enemies as sorely as if they had grieved and injured his own person.