but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo and devour Abimelech.”
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but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo and devour Abimelech.”
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But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
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But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abimelech.'
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Judges 9:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 9:15 “The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
- Judges 9:56-57 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers; and God repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came on them.
- 2 Chronicles 20:22-23 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. When they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy each other.
- Psalms 28:4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
- Psalms 140:10 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.
- Judges 7:22 They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
- Judges 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
- Psalms 21:9-10 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them. You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.
- Psalms 52:1-5 Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually. Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue. God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living.
- Psalms 120:3-4 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:20 But if not, let fire come out…
Jdg 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Ver. 20. But if not.] As your own consciences, those domestical chaplains, will tell you: for
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“ Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ira concipit intra
Pectora pro facto spemque metumque, suo. ” - Ovid.
Let fire come.] See Jdg 9:15.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This is not a prediction, but an imprecation or…
This is not a prediction, but an imprecation or curse, as it is called, Jdg 9:57, which, being grounded upon just cause, and being the only way by which Jotham could perform the duty of the avenger of his brethren’s blood, which was incumbent upon him, had its effect, as others in like case had, as Jos 6:26, compared with 1Ki 16:34; 2Ki 2:24.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if not,.... If it appeared that they had…
But if not,.... If it appeared that they had not acted uprightly and sincerely in this matter:
let fire come out of Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; let wrath, rage, and fury, break out from Abimelech like fire, and issue in the destruction of those that made him king, both those of Shechem and of Millo:
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and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech; let them be incensed against Abimelech, and seek his ruin, and procure it: the sense is, that he wishes that strife, contention, and quarrels, might arise among them, and they mutually destroy each other; the words are imprecative of evil upon them both, and which had its exact fulfilment.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Devour Abimelech - This is not so much a…
Devour Abimelech - This is not so much a prediction as an imprecation, which, being grounded upon just cause, had its effect, as others in like case had.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. Let fire come out from Abimelech] As…
Verse 20. Let fire come out from Abimelech] As the thorn or bramble may be the means of kindling other wood, because it may be easily ignited; so shall Abimelech be the cause of kindling a fire of civil discord among you, that shall consume the rulers and great men of your country. A prophetic declaration of what would take place.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 9:20. Devour Abimelech — This is not so…
Jdg 9:20. Devour Abimelech — This is not so much a prediction as an imprecation, which, being grounded upon just cause, had its effect, as others in like case have had.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Town of. Hebrew, "the house of Mello," ver. 6.…
Town of. Hebrew, "the house of Mello," ver. 6. (Calmet) --- the imprecation of Joatham was prophetical. He had not the smallest doubt but the people had done wrong; (Haydock) and the three different fruit-trees, which rejected the offer of promotion, represented all the virtuous Israelites, who knew that they could not lawfully assume the regal or judicial authority, without the divine call. Ezechiel (xvii. 24,) attributes knowledge to trees by the same figure of speech, as Joatham does here. (Menochius)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. Devour Abimelech — The application transcends the fable…
20. Devour Abimelech — The application transcends the fable itself. Not only shall Abimelech, the accursed bramble, kindle a fire to the destruction of many lords of Shechem, but also fires of revengeful judgment shall come out in fury from the latter, and devour Abimelech himself. All this, as the subsequent history shows, was a true prophecy. See Jdg_9:49-57.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. but if not etc.] ‘Your chief will be…
20. but if not etc.] ‘Your chief will be fatal to you and you to him,’ cf. Jdg_9:15 b. This was Jotham’s ‘curse’; the fulfilment comes in Jdg_9:44 ff., Jdg_9:56 f.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) Let fire come out.—The malediction is that they…
(20) Let fire come out.—The malediction is that they may perish by mutual destruction. It was exactly fulfilled (Jdg_9:45-49). So when (Œetes is crucified as he had crucified Polykrates, Herodotus notices the similarity of the Nemesis (3:128).
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