Bondage
It took eight years of bondage before the Israelites cried out to the Lord! I wonder if in those eight years the Israelites cried out to their pagan gods made of wood, stone or metal and they just sat there stone faced before they came to their senses and cried out to the one true God?
“God gave Israel just what they wanted. They didn’t want to serve God, so He allowed them to be in bondage to a pagan king. Israel reaped exactly what they sowed.” (Guzik)
“The name of Cushan-Rishathaim is also suspect, for it reads literally ‘Cushan of double wickedness’, not likely a personal name, and it would appear that the historian has made a deliberate distortion to cast ridicule upon this oppressor.” (Cundall)
“A rather strange designation but perhaps intended to be an intimidating one. It could also be a caricature of the actual name.” (Wolf)
“Tyrants delight in terrible names and titles, as Attilas, the Hunne, who would needs be styled Ira Dei et orbis vastitas, the wrath of God, and waster of the world.” (Trapp)
Are you being oppressed? Have you cried out to the Lord?
Blessings
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