The Meaning of Judges 9:57 Explained

Judges 9:57

KJV: And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

YLT: and all the evil of the men of Shechem hath God turned back on their head, and come unto them doth the cursing of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.

Darby: and God also made all the wickedness of the men of Shechem fall back upon their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubba'al.

ASV: and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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What is the context of Judges 9:57?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

What does Judges 9:57 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 9:41-57 - The Burning Of The Bramble

Terrible deeds like these give tokens of the power of the god of this world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Alas, similar atrocities are being perpetrated still, after all these centuries of what is called Christian civilization. But this Christianity is only a very shallow veneer, and when national passions break loose, there is little to choose between war today and in pre-Christian ages.

Men have no right to attribute the sins, cruelties, barbarities and enormities of the present day to Christianity. They are due to its absence. The whole Gospel of the Son of man protests against them. We must sadly admit that His "enemy hath done this." And there will be no real cessation of the evils beneath which the world groans until the King comes to His own and sets up His everlasting Kingdom. What has happened of late in Europe, notwithstanding all the efforts toward arbitration and peace, proves that something new must be brought to pass before the Father's kingdom can come and His will be done on earth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 9

¹ Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king
⁷ Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin
²² Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him
³⁰ Zebul reveals it
³⁴ Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt
⁴⁶ He burns the hold of the god Berith
⁵⁰ At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone
⁵⁶ Jotham's curse is fulfilled

What do the individual words in Judges 9:57 mean?

And all the evil of the men of Shechem returned God on their own heads and came on them the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal -

וְאֵ֗ת כָּל־ רָעַת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁכֶ֔ם הֵשִׁ֥יב אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּרֹאשָׁ֑ם וַתָּבֹ֣א אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם קִֽלֲלַ֖ת יוֹתָ֥ם בֶּן־ יְרֻבָּֽעַל פ

רָעַת֙	the evil
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: רַע Sense: bad, evil.
אַנְשֵׁ֣י	of the men
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
שְׁכֶ֔ם	of Shechem
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: שְׁכֶם Sense: son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival.
הֵשִׁ֥יב	returned
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	God
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
בְּרֹאשָׁ֑ם	on their own heads
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: רֹאשׁ Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וַתָּבֹ֣א	and came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	on them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
קִֽלֲלַ֖ת	the curse
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: קְלָלָה Sense: curse, vilification, execration.
יוֹתָ֥ם	of Jotham
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄותָם Sense: son of king Uzziah of Judah by Jerushah; king of Judah for 6 years and contemporary with Isaiah and king Pekah of Israel.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְרֻבָּֽעַל	of Jerubbaal
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְרֻבַּעַל Sense: name given to Gideon by his father when he destroyed the altar of Baal.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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