Judges 3:7 Meaning and Explanation
“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Israel did evil before the LORD, forgot Him, and served the Baals and the Asherah poles.
What Does Judges 3:7 Mean?
This verse opens the first full cycle of the book: sin, oppression, crying out, and deliverance. The phrase did evil in the sight of the LORD becomes a refrain throughout Judges. To forget God here is not mere absent-mindedness but a turning of the whole life toward the Baals and the sacred groves.
Forgetting God is the quiet beginning of every fall. Israel did not announce a rejection of the LORD; they simply let Him slip from the center and filled the empty place with idols. The heart cannot stay vacant. What we forget to treasure, we soon replace. The remedy is remembrance, a daily returning of our attention to the God who first loved us.
Judges 3:7 in the Original Language
raʿ (רַע), 'evil' -- moral wrong; what is harmful and displeasing in God's sight.
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What does Judges 3:7 mean?
Israel did evil before the LORD, forgot Him, and served the Baals and the Asherah poles.