Judges 1:1-10 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying… Gravitation is not more unerring than retribution. Sin and punishment have been said by Emerson to "grow out of one stem." Sin is like the flower that appears first; but punishment is the fruit lurking and swelling within, and destined to appear when the flower is blown. (G. A. Sowter, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? |
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