Judges 20:21 Cross References

Judges 20:21

21: But Benjamin's warriors, who were defending the town, came out and killed twenty-two thousand Israelites in the field that day.

but the men of Benjamin killed another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of whom were experienced with a sword.

Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
In an instant they are destroyed, swept away by terrors.

LORD, you always give me justice when I bring a case before you. Now let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy?

Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters--a pathway no one knew was there!

The LORD says, "O Israel, ever since that awful night in Gibeah, there has been only sin and more sin! You have made no progress whatsoever. Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?

"Benjamin is a wolf that prowls. He devours his enemies in the morning, and in the evening he divides the plunder."

The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.

And now you are planning to make slaves of these people from Judah and Jerusalem. What about your own sins against the LORD your God?

This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God's hands, no one knows whether or not God will show them favor in this life.
The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether they are righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who take oaths are treated like people who don't.
It seems so tragic that one fate comes to all. That is why people are not more careful to be good. Instead, they choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.

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