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
1Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king 7Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin 22Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him 30Zebul reveals it 34Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt 46He burns the hold of the god Berith 50At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone 56Jotham's curse is fulfilled
What do the individual words in Judges 9:50 mean?
And wentAbimelechtoThebezand he encampedagainst Thebezand took it
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: לָכַד
Sense: to capture, take, seize.
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