Judges 6:1 Cross References

Judges 6:1

1: Again the Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight. So the LORD handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.

Then the Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight and worshiped the images of Baal.

Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had told them to.
Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.
They worshiped their idols, and this led to their downfall.
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.

"But if you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and do not obey all the commands and laws I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:
You will be cursed in your towns and in the country.
You will be cursed with baskets empty of fruit, and with kneading bowls empty of bread.
You will be cursed with few children and barren fields. You will be cursed with infertile herds and flocks.
You will be cursed wherever you go, both in coming and in going.

Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Take vengeance on the Midianites for leading the Israelites into idolatry. After that, you will die and join your ancestors."
So Moses said to the people, "Choose some men to fight the LORD's war of vengeance against Midian.

The woman's name was Cozbi; she was the daughter of Zur, the leader of a Midianite clan.
Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Attack the Midianites and destroy them,
because they assaulted you with deceit by tricking you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague at Peor."

But when the judge died, the people returned to their corrupt ways, behaving worse than those who had lived before them. They followed other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them. And they refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
So the LORD burned with anger against Israel. He said, "Because these people have violated the covenant I made with their ancestors and have ignored my commands,

"But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They threw away your law, they killed the prophets who encouraged them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.
So you handed them over to their enemies. But in their time of trouble they cried to you, and you heard them from heaven. In great mercy, you sent them deliverers who rescued them from their enemies.
"But when all was going well, your people turned to sin again, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them repeatedly!
You warned them to return to your law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.

They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to marauders who stole their possessions. He sold them to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.

"However, if you do not listen to me or obey my commands,
and if you break my covenant by rejecting my laws and treating my regulations with contempt,
I will punish you. You will suffer from sudden terrors, with wasting diseases, and with burning fevers, causing your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.
I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by all your enemies. They will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!
"And if, in spite of this, you still disobey me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.

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