Judges 3:12-21 – And the people of Israel again did what
was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because
they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He gathered to
himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took
possession of the city of palms. And the people of
Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. Then the people of
Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the
Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him
to Eglon the king of Moab. And Ehud made for
himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right
thigh under his clothes. And he presented the
tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. And when Ehud had
finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the
tribute. But he himself turned back at the idols near Gilgal and said, “I have
a secret message for you, O king.” And he commanded, “Silence.” And all his
attendants went out from his presence. And Ehud came to him
as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God
for you.” And he arose from his seat. And Ehud reached with
his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his
belly.
Judges
10:11 – And the Lord said
to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines?
Isaiah
60:5 – Then you
shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill
and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the
wealth of the nations shall come to you.
Application:
- · The Lord rebuked Israel for forgetting that He had delivered them from their oppressors in Canaan.
- · Jerusalem will be enriched by the nations.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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