2  An angel reproves Israel, who bewail their sins, Jdg 2:1-5.
They served God during the life of Joshua and his contemporaries, Jdg 2:4-9.
Their frequent revolts to idolatry, Jdg 2:10-19.
God stops their success, Jdg 2:20-23.

2:11 In the sight - Which notes the heinousness and impudence of their sins, above other peoples; because God's presence was with them, and his eye upon them in a peculiar manner, which also they were not ignorant of, and therefore were guilty of more contempt of God than other people.Baalim - False gods. He useth the plural number, because the gods of the Canaanites, and adjoining nations, which Israel worshipped, were most of them called by the name of Baal.

2:13 Baal and Ashtaroth - That is, the sun and moon, whom many Heathens worshipped, tho' under divers names; and so they ran into that error which God had so expressly warned them against, Deu 4:19.Baalim signifies lords, and Ashtaroth, blessed ones, he - gods and she - gods. When they forsook Jehovah, they had gods many and lords many, as a luxuriant fancy pleased to multiply them.

2:14 Sold them - That is, delivered them up, as the seller doth his commodities unto the buyer.

2:15 Whithersoever they went - That is, Whatsoever expedition or business they undertook; which is usually signified by going out, and coming in.

2:16 Raised up - By inward inspiration and excitation of their hearts, and by outward designation testified by some extra - ordinary action.judges - Supreme magistrates, whose office it was, under God, and by his particular direction, to govern the commonwealth of Israel by God's laws, and to protect and save them from their enemies, to preserve and purge religion, and to maintain the liberties of the people against all oppressors.

2:17 Their judges - Who admonished them of their sin and folly, and of the danger and misery which would certainly befall them.

2:18 It repented the Lord - That is, the Lord changed his course and dealings with them, as penitent men use to do; removed his judgments, and returned to them in mercy.

2:19 Returned - To their former, and usual course.Their fathers - In Egypt, or in the wilderness.Their own doings - That is, from their evil practices, which he calls their own, because they were agreeable to their own natures, which in all mankind are deeply and universally corrupted, and because they were familiar and customary to them.

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19:16 And behold one came - Many of the poor had followed him from the beginning. One rich man came at last. Mar 10:17; Luk 18:18.

19:17 Why callest thou me good - Whom thou supposest to be only a man. There is none good - Supremely, originally, essentially, but God. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments - From a principle of loving faith. Believe, and thence love and obey.And this undoubtedly is the way to eternal life. Our Lord therefore does not answer ironically, which had been utterly beneath his character, but gives a plain, direct, serious answer to a serious question.

19:19  Exo 20:12. etc

19:20 The young man saith, All these have I kept from my childhood - So he imagined; and perhaps he had, as to the letter; but not asto the spirit, which our Lord immediately shows.

19:21 If thou desirest to be perfect - That is, to be a real Christian: Sell what thou hast - He who reads the heart saw his bosom sin was love of the world; and knew he could not be saved from this, but by literally renouncing it. To him therefore he gave this particular direction, which he never designed for a general rule. For him that was necessary to salvation: to us it is not. To sell all was an absolute duty to him; to many of us it would be ali absolute sin. The young man went away - Not being willing to have salvation at so high a price.